Acts 13:17

Acts 13:17

15 And ^aafter the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Men and brethren, if you have ^bany word of exhortation for the people, say on.”

16 Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and ^ayou who fear God, listen:

17 The God of this people Israel ^achose our fathers, and exalted the people ^bwhen they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with² an uplifted arm He ^cbrought them out of it.

18 Now ^afor a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness.

19 And when He had destroyed ^aseven nations in the land of Canaan, ^bHe distributed their land to them by allotment.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Chose (ecelecato). First aorist middle (indirect), selected for himself. Israel was the chosen people.

Exalted (uywsen). From uyow, late verb from uyov so often used of Christ.

When they sojourned (en th paroikiai). In the sojourn. Late word from paroikov (sojourner, dweller, Acts 7:6) common in LXX. In N.T. only here and I Peter 1:17.

With a high arm (meta braxionov uyhlou). Vivid picture from the LXX (Exodus 6:1, Exodus 6:6; Deuteronomy 5:15; Psalms 136:12).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 13:17:**

Acts 7:6
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