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Acts 13:18 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Acts 13:18 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Acts chapter 13 verse 18 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. suffered: or bore, or fed them as a nurse beareth, or feedeth, her child”
Acts 13:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Acts 13:18
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness—Paul recounts Israel's wilderness period from Deuteronomy 1:31, where God 'bare' (נָשָׂא, nasa) Israel like a father carries a child. The KJV 'suffered he their manners' translates Greek τροποφορέω (tropophoreō), better rendered 'bore with their ways' or 'endured their conduct'—emphasizing divine patience with Israel's chronic rebellion.Some manuscripts read ἐτροφοφόρησεν (etrophophorēsen, 'nourished them as a nurse'), yielding opposite meanings. The textual debate aside, Paul's point is clear: Israel's forty-year wi...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Acts 13:18
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“having worked wonders and signs in Egypt”
“until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.”
“to rebel against the Most High in the desert.”
“even as the Holy Spirit says”
“when they heard”
“and brought them into the wilderness.”
“where you have seen how that Yahweh your God bore you”
“the calf which you had made”