Acts 13:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 [a]And after the lecture of the Law and Prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye [b]have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
16 [c]Then Paul stood up and beckoned with the hand, and said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken.
17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and [d]exalted the people when they dwelt in the land of (A)Egypt, and with an (B)[e]high arm brought them out thereof.
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- Acts 13:15 In the Synagogue of the Jews (according to the pattern whereof Christian Congregations were instituted) first the Scriptures were read, then such as were learned were licensed by the rulers of the Synagogue to speak and expound.
- Acts 13:15 Word for word, If there be any word in you: and this is a kind of speech taken from the Hebrews, whereby is meant, that the gifts of God’s grace are in us, as it were in treasure houses, and that they are not ours, but God’s: In like sort saith David, Thou hast put a new song in my mouth, Ps. 40:1.
- Acts 13:16 God bestowed many peculiar benefits upon his chosen Israel, but this especially, that he promised them the everlasting redeemer.
- Acts 13:17 Advanced and brought to honor.
- Acts 13:17 Openly and with [much] force, breaking in pieces the enemies of his people.
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