Acts 13:15

Acts 13:15

At Antioch in Pisidia

13 Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and ^aJohn, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and ^awent into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.

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.

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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After the reading of the law and the prophets (meta thn anagnwsin tou nomou kai twn profhtwn). The law was first read in the synagogues till BC 163 when Antiochus Epiphones prohibited it. Then the reading of the prophets was substituted for it. The Maccabees restored both. There was a reading from the law and one from the prophets in Hebrew which was interpreted into the Aramaic or the Greek Koin‚ for the people. The reading was followed by the sermon as when Jesus was invited to read and to preach in Nazareth (Luke 4:16 f.). For the service in the synagogue see Schuerer, History of the Jewish People, Div. II, Vol. II, pp. 79ff. It was the duty of the rulers of the synagogue (arxisunagwgoi) to select the readers and the speakers for the service (Mark 5:22, Mark 5:35-38; Luke 8:49; Luke 13:14; Acts 13:15; Acts 18:8, Acts 18:17). Any rabbi or distinguished stranger could be called on to speak.

If ye have any word of exhortation for the people (ei tiv estin en umin logov paraklhsewv prov ton laon). Literally, if there is among you any word of exhortation for the people. It is a condition of the first class and assumed to be true, a polite invitation. On "exhortation" (paraklhsiv) see Acts 9:31. It may be a technical phrase used in the synagogue (Hebrews 13:22; I Timothy 4:13).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 13:15:**

Luke 4:16
Acts 4:36
Acts 13:15
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