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Acts 13:22-23 KJV
Acts · chapter 13 · verses 22–23
22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:Acts 13:22-23 · King James Version
Acts 13:22-23 in context
20And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
23Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
24When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
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- testimonymartyreōto be a witness, to bear witnessG3140 →
- removedmethistēmito transpose, transfer, remove from one place to another, of change of situation or…G3179 →
- promiseepangeliaannouncement, promise, the act of promising, a promise given or to be given, a promised…G1860 →
- Savioursōtērsaviour, deliverer, preserverG4990 →
- fulfilpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- raisedegeirōto arouse, cause to rise, to arouse from sleep, to awake, to arouse from the sleep of…G1453 →
- IsraelisraēlIsrael = " he shall be a prince of God" , the name given to the patriarch Jacob…G2474 →
- Daviddabidsecond king of Israel, and ancestor of Jesus ChristG1138 →
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Perga in Pamphylia was a noted place, especially for a temple there erected to the goddess Diana, yet nothing at all is related of what Paul and Barnabas did there, only that thither they came (Act 13:13), and thence they departed, Act 13:14.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-41