Acts 13:18
He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
In Context
19And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
Cross References
Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
Numbers 14:33Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 9:7Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Psalms 95:8do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
Ezekiel 20:10So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.
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 →