Verse 21
Acts 13:21
Bible in Basic English
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Then at their request for a king, God (Elohim) gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.
Original Language Text
greek
κἀκεῖθεν ᾐτήσαντο βασιλέα, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς τὸν Σαοὺλ υἱὸν Κίς, ἄνδρα ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν, ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα·
English Translation
And from there they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years old.
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Chapter 13 Context
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Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was...
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And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnaba...
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Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
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So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship...
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And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God (Elohim) in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John...
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And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker an...
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Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring t...
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But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with th...
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But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,
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O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness,...
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And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for...
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Then the ruler, when he saw what was done, had faith, being full of wonder at the teaching of the Lo...
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Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and t...
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But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on...
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And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying,...
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And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear...
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The God (Elohim) of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from the...
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And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.
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And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their h...
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And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.
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Then at their request for a king, God (Elohim) gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family...
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And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have ta...
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From this man's seed has God (Elohim) given to Israel a Saviour, even Yashua (Jesus), as he gave his...
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For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which...
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And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is...
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My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God (Elohim...
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For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prop...
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And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to...
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And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tr...
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But God (Elohim) gave him back from the dead:
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And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are n...
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And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,
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Which God (Elohim) has now put into effect for our children, by sending Yashua (Jesus); as it says i...
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And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words,...
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Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction.
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Now David, having done God (Elohim)'s work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his f...
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But he, who was lifted up by God (Elohim), did not see destruction.
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And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to...
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And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Mos...
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So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;
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See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you...
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And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabb...
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Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God (Elohim)-fearing Gentiles who ha...
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And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God (Eloh...
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But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words agai...
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Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God (Elohim) to be given...
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For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that yo...
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And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God (Elohim): and those mark...
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And the word of the Lord went through all the country.
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But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God (Elohim)-fearing women of high position and of the...
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But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.
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And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.
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