Acts 13:23 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

Acts 13:23

21 ^aAnd afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them ^bSaul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22 And ^awhen He had removed him, ^bHe raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ^c‘I have found David the son of Jesse, ^da man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’

23 ^aFrom this man’s seed, according ^bto the promise, God raised up for Israel ^ca Savior—Jesus—

24 ^aafter John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25 And as John was finishing his course, he said, ^a‘Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, ^bthere comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’

26 “Men and brethren, sons of the¹ family of Abraham, and ^athose among you who fear God, ^bto you the word of this salvation has been sent.

27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, ^abecause they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.

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Acts 13:23

Of this man's seed (toutou apo tou spermatov). Emphatic position of toutou. Of this one from the (his) seed.

According to promise (kat epaggelian). This phrase in Galatians 3:29; II Timothy 1:1. See the promise in II Samuel 7:2; Psalms 132:11; Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 11:10; Jeremiah 23:5 f.; Zechariah 3:8. In Zechariah 3:8 the verb agw is used of the sending of the Messiah as here.

A Saviour Jesus (Swthra Ihsoun). Jesus is in apposition with Saviour (accusative case) and comes at the end of the sentence in contrast with "this man" (David) at the beginning. Paul goes no further than David because he suggests to him Jesus, descendant in the flesh from David. By "Israel" here Paul means the Jewish people, though he will later enlarge this promise to include the spiritual Israel both Gentile and Jew (Romans 9:6 f.).

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 13:23:

Acts 13:26
Romans 1:3
1 Thessalonians 1:1

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