ACTS 13:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay in Egypt — Paul begins his sermon grounding Christian history in Israel's covenantal narrative. The emphasis on God's choice (haireomai) echoes Deuteronomic theology, establishing that what follows is continuous with God's redemptive story, not a replacement. By saying our ancestors, Paul positions himself and his Jewish hearers within the salvation-historical continuum.
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