Acts 14:17
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Webster Bible
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In Context
16Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
18And with these sayings they scarce restrained the people from doing sacrifice to them.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit:
Deuteronomy 11:14That I will give you the rain of your land in its due season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine and thy oil.
1 Kings 18:1And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
Job 5:10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Job 38:26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is ; on the wilderness in which there is no man;
Psalms 36:5Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth to the clouds.
Matthew Henry on Acts 14:9-19
The Lame Man Healed at Lystra; Paul and Barnabas at Lystra. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the… Read the whole commentary →