Acts 13:17

The God of this people Israel, chose our fathers, and, the people, he exalted, by their sojourn in the land of Egypt,—and, with a high arm, brought he them out of it;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

In Context

16And Paul, standing up, and making a sign with his hand, said—Ye men of Israel! and such as revere God! hearken:—

18And, for the time of about forty years, bare with their manners in the desert;

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Cross References

Genesis 17:7And I will confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee and thy seed after thee to their generations for an age-abiding covenant,—to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee;

Exodus 6:1Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Now, shalt thou see, what I will do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand, shall he let them go, and with a strong hand, shall he drive them out from his land.

Exodus 13:16And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes,—that, with strength of hand, did Yahweh bring us forth out of Egypt.

Exodus 18:11Now, I know, that, greater, is Yahweh than all the gods,—Even in the thing wherein they were arrogant over them.

Deuteronomy 4:34Or did a god ever make trial of entering in to take unto him a nation out of the midst of a nation, by provings, by signs and by wonders and by fighting, and by a firm hand and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors,—according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

Deuteronomy 7:6For a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground:

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 →

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