Acts 13:16 Parallel Translations

Then Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and said, "Men of Israel and converts to Judaism, listen to me.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

ASV:

And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken:

BBE:

And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

DBY:

And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.

ERV:

And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken.

WEY:

So Paul rose, and motioning with his hand for silence, said, "Israelites, and you others who fear God, pay attention to me.

WBS:

Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

WEB:

Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

YLT:

And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, 'Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:

Acts 13:16 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 10:2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.

Acts 12:17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, "Report these things to James and the brethren." Then he left and went to another place.

Acts 13:26 "Brethren, sons of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

13:16 {8} Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with [his] hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
(8) God bestowed many wonderful benefits upon his chosen Israel, but especially this, that he promised them the everlasting redeemer.

PNT:

13:16 Then Paul stood up. Invited to speak by the usual courtesy extended to visiting brethren, he arose, according to the Greek custom. In Judea speakers sat. Among the Greeks they stood. The address that follows, the first reported address of Paul, is worthy of special study especially as an example of the character of his preaching in the synagogue. It begins with a short recapitulation of the glorious history of Israel, a theme always apt to secure the favor of a Jewish audience, and when he has ascended to David, the hero king and the pride of every Jew, he passes from him to the promised Son of David, and thus preaches Christ. Had he begun at once with the latter, the great object of his discourse, he would have aroused prejudice and perhaps closed their ears. It will be observed here before a Jewish audience, as well as at Athens before a heathen audience, he first secured a common ground with his hearers, and upon it founded his argument for the gospel.
Men of Israel, and ye that fear God. There were two classes present, Jews and the devout Greeks. The latter had given up heathenism, had learned to fear God, and were anxious to learn more about him; hence were wont to attend the synagogue.

WES:

13:16 Ye that fear God - Whether proselytes or heathens.

MHC:

13:14-31 When we come together to worship God, we must do it, not only by prayer and praise, but by the reading and hearing of the word of God. The bare reading of the Scriptures in public assemblies is not enough; they should be expounded, and the people exhorted out of them. This is helping people in doing that which is necessary to make the word profitable, to apply it to themselves. Every thing is touched upon in this sermon, which might best prevail with Jews to receive and embrace Christ as the promised Messiah. And every view, however short or faint, of the Lord's dealings with his church, reminds us of his mercy and long-suffering, and of man's ingratitude and perverseness. Paul passes from David to the Son of David, and shows that this Jesus is his promised Seed; a Saviour to do that for them, which the judges of old could not do, to save them from their sins, their worst enemies. When the apostles preached Christ as the Saviour, they were so far from concealing his death, that they always preached Christ crucified. Our complete separation from sin, is represented by our being buried with Christ. But he rose again from the dead, and saw no corruption: this was the great truth to be preached.

CONC:

Attention Audience Beckoned Beckoning Ear Fear Fearing Gentiles Getting Hearken Israelites Listen Making Motioned Motioning Paul Pay Risen Rising Rose Sign Silence Stood Worship

Attention Audience Beckoned Beckoning Ear Fear Fearing Gentiles Getting Hand Hearken Israel Israelites Listen Making Motioned Motioning Others Paul Pay Risen Rising Rose Sign Silence Standing Stood

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