American Standard Version
Acts 13:18
18And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.
Acts 13:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
- New International Version (NIV)for about forty years he endured their conduct in the wilderness;
- English Standard Version (ESV)And for about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now for a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness.
Context of Acts 13:18
16And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken: 17The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it. And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness. 19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years: 20and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
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Cross-references for Acts 13:18
- Acts 7:36This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- Exodus 16:2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness:
- Numbers 14:22because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
- Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.
- Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
- Psalms 78:17Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
- Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
- Psalms 106:13They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
- Ezekiel 20:10So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
- Amos 5:25Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
- 1 Corinthians 10:1For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- Hebrews 3:7Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,
Commentaries on Acts 13:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18About the time of forty years - The space of time between their coming out of Egypt, and going into the promised land. Suffered he their manners - ; He dealt indulgently with them: howsoever they behaved towards him, he mercifully bore with, and kindly treated them. But instead of , ACE, some others, with the Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, and some of the fathers, read , which signifies, he nourished and fed them, or bore them about in his arms as a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18And about the time of forty years - They were this time going from Egypt to the land of Canaan. Exodus 16:35; Numbers 33:38. Suffered he their manners - This passage has been very variously rendered. See the margin. Syriac, “He nourished them,” etc. Arabic, “He blessed them, and nourished them,” etc. The Greek word is not elsewhere used in the New Testament. It properly means to tolerate, or endure the conduct of anyone, implying that that conduct is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-31Verses 14-31 When we come together to worship God, we must do it, not only by prayer and praise, but by the reading and hearing of the word of God. The bare reading of the Scriptures in public assemblies is not enough; they should be expounded, and the people exhorted out of them. This is helping people in doing that which is necessary to make the word profitable, to apply it to themselves. Every thing is touched upon in this sermon, which might best…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-22To establish common ground with his audience, Paul traced Jewish history starting from the Israelite exodus from Egypt. He emphasized: the Israelites' escape from Egyptian slavery, their settlement in Canaan, the establishment of the kingdom of Israel, the removal of King Saul, and the special role of King David.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2218-22. forty years suffered he their manners--rather, according to what appears the true reading, "cherished he them" (as a nurse the infant in her bosom).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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