16 [a]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 [b]exalted the people when they dwelt in the land of (A)Egypt, and with an (B)[c]high arm brought them out thereof.

18 And about the time (C)of forty years, suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:16 God bestowed many peculiar benefits upon his chosen Israel, but this especially, that he promised them the everlasting redeemer.
  2. Acts 13:17 Advanced and brought to honor.
  3. Acts 13:17 Openly and with [much] force, breaking in pieces the enemies of his people.

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