Acts 13:18
And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 14:33And your children will be wanderers in the waste land for forty years, undergoing punishment for your false ways, till your bodies become dust in the waste land.
Deuteronomy 9:7Keep well in mind how you made the Lord your God angry in the waste land; from the day when you went out of Egypt till you came to this place, you have gone against the orders of the Lord.
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,
Psalms 95:8Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;
Ezekiel 20:10So I made them go out of the land of Egypt and took them into the waste land.
Matthew Henry on Acts 13:15-42
Paul at Antioch in Pisidia. 14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and… Read the whole commentary →