Acts 14:16
who in the generations that have passed allowed all the nations to go in their own ways,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 147:20He has not dealt so with any nation. And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye LORD.
Micah 4:5For all the peoples walk each one in the name of his god. And we will walk in the name of LORD our God forever and ever.
Romans 1:21Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding.
Ephesians 2:12that ye were at that time independent of Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and alien of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and godless in the world.
Matthew Henry on Acts 14:9-19
The Lame Man Healed at Lystra; Paul and Barnabas at Lystra. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the… Read the whole commentary →