King James Version
What Does Acts 13:40 Mean?
“Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;”
Context
38
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
42
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. the next: Gr. in the week between, or, in the sabbath between
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(40) **Which is spoken of in the prophets.**—This formula of citation seems to have been common, as in Acts 7:42, in the case of quotations from the Minor Prophets, which were regarded, as it were, as a single volume with this title.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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