Acts 13:18

Acts · New Testament · Chapter 13

“And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.”Acts 13:18

What Does Acts 13:18 Mean?

Acts 13:18 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 13, verse 18 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Wilderness.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Acts 13:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Deuteronomy 1:31“And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.”Matthew 17:17“Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.”Acts 7:36“He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.”Nehemiah 9:21“Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.”Psalms 95:10“Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:”Amos 2:10“Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.”Exodus 16:2“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:”Exodus 16:35“And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.”Numbers 14:22“Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;”Numbers 14:33“And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.”Deuteronomy 9:7“Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.”Deuteronomy 9:21“And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.”Nehemiah 9:16“But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,”Psalms 78:17“And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.”Psalms 95:8“Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:”Psalms 106:13“They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:”Ezekiel 20:10“Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.”Hosea 11:3“I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.”Amos 5:25“Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?”Acts 7:39“To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,”

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