ACTS 14:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.”
In the past, he let all nations go their own way — God's patience (epitrepō, to permit) with pagan nations contrasts with later particularity. The phrase their own way suggests moral autonomy granted by divine forbearance, yet within limits.
Church Fathers on Acts 14:16
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways Acts 14:16— but wherefore He suffered them, this he does not say, for at present he keeps to the matter of immediate importance, nowhere bringing in the name of Christ. Observe, he does not wish to swell the accusation against them, but rather that they themselves should refer all to God.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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