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Acts 13:17

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

KJV

ὁ θεὸς τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου Ἰσραὴλ ἐξελέξατο τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, καὶ τὸν λαὸν ὕψωσεν ἐν τῇ παροικίᾳ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ μετὰ βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ἐξ αὐτῆς,

Greek NT

Deus plebis Israël elegit patres nostros, et plebem exaltavit cum essent incolæ in terra Ægypti, et in brachio excelso eduxit eos ex ea,

Vulgate

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.

ASV

The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people when they were sojourners in the land of Egypt: And with an high arm brought them out from thence:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Αἴγυπτος
aiguptos
noun · 25×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βραχίων
brachion
noun · 3×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παροικία
paroikia
noun · 2×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐκλέγομαι
eklegomai
verb · 22×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξάγω
exago
verb · 12×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰσραήλ
israel
noun · 68×
o
article · 19778×
ὑψηλός
upselos
adjective · 12×
ὑψόω
upsoo
verb · 20×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: Ἰσραὴλ | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἰσραὴλ
  • ἸσραὴλSBLGNT
  • ἸσραὴλWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Αἰγύπτου | WH/Treg/NIV: Αἰγύπτου | RP: Αἰγύπτῳ
  • ΑἰγύπτουSBLGNT
  • ΑἰγύπτουWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ΑἰγύπτῳRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:2 — And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
  • Acts 7:17 — But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
  • Deut 7:6 — For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
  • Exod 12:40 — Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
  • Exod 14:8 — And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
  • Isa 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
  • Ps 105:23 — Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
  • Ps 105:23 — Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
  • Ps 105:37 — He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
  • Ps 105:43 — And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: