ACTS 13:40 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;”
Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you — Paul concludes with a warning formula (horate, look out, beware) recalling prophetic judgment passages. The rhetorical move parallels Old Testament prophetic warnings to presumptuous listeners who hear God's word but reject it.
Church Fathers on Acts 13:40
from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses. Acts 13:39 Every one, he says: be who he may. For those (ordinances) are of no use, unless there be some benefit (accruing therefrom.) This is why he brings in forgiveness later: and shows it to be greater, when, the thing being (otherwise) impossible, yet this is effected. Who are His witnesses, he says, unto the people — the people that slew Him. Who would never have been so, were they not strengthened by a Divine…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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