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Acts 14:16

14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

15 “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.

17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

18 Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
KJV
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
WEB
who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
ASV
who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.
DARBY
who in the past generations suffered all the nations to go in their own ways,
BLB
who in the generations past allowed all the nations to go their ways.
ÅB
han som i de fremfarne tider lot alle hedningefolkene vandre sine egne veier,
OTB
I tidligere generasjoner lot han alle nasjoner gå sine egne veier.
B1930
han som i de fremfarne tider lot alle hedningefolkene vandre sine egne veier,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 17:30

    Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

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  • Psalms 81:12

    So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

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  • Psalms 147:20

    He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!

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  • Romans 1:28

    Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

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  • Micah 4:5

    Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

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  • 1 Peter 4:3

    For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

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  • Romans 1:21–25

    For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

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  • Ephesians 2:12

    remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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