Acts 13:18
And, for the time of about forty years, bare with their manners in the desert;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 sons of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they entered into the land wherein they were to dwell,—the manna, they did eat until they entered into the bounds of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 14:33and your sons, shall be shepherds in the desert forty years, and shall bear your unchastities,—until your dead bodies are consumed in the desert.
Deuteronomy 9:7Remember—do not forget, how thou didst provoke Yahweh thy God, in the desert,—yea from the day when thou camest forth out of the and of Egypt until ye entered as far as this place, have ye been quarrelling, with Yahweh.
Nehemiah 9:16But, they and our fathers, dealt proudly,—and hardened their neck, and hearkened not unto thy commandments;
Psalms 95:8Do not harden your heart as at Meribah, As on the day of Massah, in the desert;
Ezekiel 20:10Therefore brought I them forth out of the land of Egypt,—and caused them to come 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 →