Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:18
18. Suffered he their manners Instead of the reading ετροποφορησεν , suffered he their manners, the reading preferred by modern scholars, ετροφοφορησεν , he bore them as a nurse. read more
Hechos 13:17-37 Rvr1960
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:19
19. Seven nations The names of which may be found in Deuteronomy 7:1. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:20
20. After that The true reading of this passage, as adopted by Bornemann, Lachmann, and Wordsworth, would be: “He assigned their land to them by inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years; after that he gave them judges.” The about four hundred and fifty years would measure the period of covenanting the inheritance, namely, from the birth of Isaac to the commencement of the judges. There is, then, no discrepancy between this passage and 1 Kings 6:1. But see Alford, who, after his... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:21
21. Son of Cis The Greek Kis, being the softened form of the Hebrew Kish. Forty years The apostle furnishes these repeated lengthened periods to show the perpetuity and constancy of the dealings of God with Israel. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:22
22. After mine own heart Not as being absolutely conformed to the perfect heart of God, but, as compared with Saul, a king who would reign according to the law of Moses, and in obedience to the commands of God. Paul traces the history of Israel to its culmination in the person of David, the regal type and ancestor of the Messianic king, and then fastens Jesus the Saviour to him by the tie of hereditary and prophetic lineage. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:23
23. Of this man’s seed In this verse, which may have been uttered before the Gospels were written, it is remarkable that Paul gives his attestation beforehand to the truth of the genealogies which trace the time of Jesus up to the royal David, thus making Jesus a human prince and legal heir to the throne of Palestine. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:24-25
2. Jesus grounded upon John the Baptist , Acts 13:24 , Acts 13:25 . We do not suppose that even here, in distant Pisidian Antioch, the name of Jesus was wholly unknown. And John the Baptist, whom all the people of Palestine held to be a prophet, was a familiarly known and revered authority. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:25
25. John… said Paul here quotes in substance words spoken by John in testimony to Jesus as given by different evangelists, and probably uttered at different times by the Baptist. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:26
3. The Jesus-history unfolded as sustained by prophecy and miracle , Acts 13:26-31 . 26. Men and brethren Opening now the evangelic history the apostle makes an earnest recommencement. To you… sent He presents Jesus as a precious boon sent to them in consideration of their Abrahamic lineage. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:17
17. Chose our fathers These words send the thoughts back to the dim beginning at the call of Abraham. Exalted the people Namely, exalted Israel, even in her slavery, over despotic Egypt, by inflicting plagues on the despots withheld from the bondsmen. read more