Postulasagan 13:16

Heilögum Biblíunni

16 Þá stóð Páll upp, benti til hljóðs með hendinni og sagði: "Ísraelsmenn og aðrir þér, sem óttist Guð, hlýðið á.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

beckoning: Acts 12:17, Acts 19:33, Acts 21:40

Men: Acts 13:26, Acts 2:22, Acts 3:12

and ye: Acts 13:42, Acts 13:43, Acts 13:46, Acts 10:2, Acts 10:35, 1 Kings 8:40, Psalms 67:7, Psalms 85:9, Psalms 135:20, Luke 1:50, Luke 23:40

give: Acts 2:14, Acts 22:1, Acts 22:22, Deuteronomy 32:46, Deuteronomy 32:47, Psalms 49:1-3, Psalms 78:1, Psalms 78:2, Micah 3:8, Micah 3:9, Matthew 11:15, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:29

Reciprocal: John 13:24 - beckoned Acts 17:17 - devout Acts 24:10 - had

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Paul stood up,.... Not so much that he might be heard; or merely out of reverence and respect to the rulers, and the people; but to show that he accepted the invitation; as also in order to take his proper place in the synagogue, and sit down and teach, as was their custom:

and beckoning with his hand; to the people to be silent, and attend to what he had to say:

said, men of Israel; by whom are meant the proper Jews, the natural descendants of Jacob, whose name was Israel; this was accounted a very honourable character, and was a common form of address; see Acts 2:22

and ye that fear God; not as distinguishing some among the Israelites from the rest, as if there were some of them that did not fear God; for by these are meant, not Jews by birth, but proselytes, devout and religious men from among the Gentiles; who were proselyted to the Jewish religion, and attended with them in their synagogues on religious worship; and that there were such in this synagogue, is certain from Acts 13:43 and we find that sometimes the Jews distinguish the proselytes from the Israelites by this very character s: it is said, Psalms 128:1

"blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord, that walketh in his ways; he does not say blessed are the Israelites, blessed are the priests, blessed are the Levites, but blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord; אלו הגרים "these are the proselytes, for they fear the Lord"--of what proselyte is it "said blessed?" of the proselyte who is a proselyte of righteousness, and not of the Cuthites, of whom it is written, 2 Kings 17:33 but of a proselyte who fears the Lord, and walks in his ways;''

so Psalms 22:23 are interpreted by many Jewish writers t. Now to both these sort of persons, both to the proper Jews, and to the proselytes of righteousness, the apostle addresses himself, and desires they would give audience to what he had to say; which is as follows.

s Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 8. fol. 190. 4. t Midrash Tillim, Jarchi, & Aben Ezra, in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Men of Israel - Jews. The design of this discourse of Paul was to introduce to them the doctrine that Jesus was the Messiah. To do this, he evinced his usual wisdom and address. To have commenced at once on this would have probably excited their prejudice and rage. He therefore pursued a train of argument which showed that he was a firm believer in the Scriptures; that he was acquainted with the history and promises of the Old Testament; and that he was not disposed to call in question the doctrines of their fathers. The passage which had been read had probably given occasion for him to pursue this train of thought. By going over, in a summary way, their history, and recounting the former dealings of God with them, he showed them that he believed the Scriptures; that a promise had been given of a Messiah; and that he had actually come according to the promise.

Ye that fear God - Probably proselytes of the gate, who had not yet been circumcised, but who had renounced idolatry, and were accustomed to worship with them in their synagogues.

Give audience - Hear.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 13:16. Men of Israel — Ye that are Jews by birth; and ye that fear God-ye that are proselytes to the Jewish religion. In this discourse Paul proves that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, sent from God, not only for the salvation of the Jews, but of the whole human race. And this he does, not with the rhetorician's arts, but in a plain, simple detail of the history of Christ, and the most remarkable transactions of the people of God, which referred to his manifestation in the flesh. Rosenmuller.