Acts 13:18
And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
In Context
19And destroying seven nations in the land of Chanaan, divided their land among them, by lot,
Cross References
Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land: with this meat were they fed, until they reached the borders of the land of Chanaan.
Numbers 14:33Your children shall wander in the desert forty years, and shall bear your fornication, until the carcasses of their fathers be consumed ill the desert,
Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, and forget not how then provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou camest out of Egypt unto this place, thou hast always strove against the Lord.
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.
Psalms 95:8To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
Ezekiel 20:10Therefore I brought them out from the land of Egypt, and brought them into the desert.
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 →