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And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />during four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, He gave <i>them</i> judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And after that he gave <i>unto them</i> judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“After that He gave <i>them</i> judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />After these things He gave <i>them</i> judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220After these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And after these things He gave <i>them</i> judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />After these things He gave <i>them</i> judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />After this, He gave <i>them</i> judges until the prophet Samuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This all took about 450 years. After this, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This all took about 450 years. After this, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />All this happened in about 450 years. Then God gave our people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He did all this in about four hundred and fifty years. "After that he gave his people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />All of this took about 450 years. "After this he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />for about 450 years. "After that, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />All this took about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things he gave them judges, until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And after that he gave to them judges, about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and afterwards He gave them judges down to the time of the Prophet Samuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />After these things, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges—until Samuel the prophet;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />during four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, He gave <i>them</i> judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges -- till Samuel the prophet;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And after these, about four hundred and fifty years he gave judges, even to Samuel the prophet.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As it were, after four hundred and fifty years: and after these things, he gave unto them judges, until Samuel the prophet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />after about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, he gave them judges, even until the prophet Samuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />at the end of about four hundred and fifty years. After these things he provided judges up to Samuel [the] prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for about four hundred fifty years. After that he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And for a period of four hundred and fifty years he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />For four hundred fifty years he gave them Judges until Samuel The Prophet.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And after that he gave them judges, for about four hundred and fifty years, till Samuel the prophet.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And after these things he gave them judges, till Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And after these things, during a space of about four hundred and fifty years, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />after these transactions, which lasted about four hundred and fifty years, he gave them judges to the time of the prophet Samuel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and afterwards He gave them judges down to the time of the Prophet Samuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And after these things He gave <i>them</i> judges, until Samuel <i>the</i> prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And after these <i>things,</i> about <i>the space of</i> four hundred and fifty years, He gave them judges till Samuel the prophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/13-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=4257" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/13.htm">In Pisidian Antioch</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">All this took about</a> <a href="/greek/5071.htm" title="5071: tetrakosiois (Adj-DNP) -- Four hundred. Plural from tessares and hekaton; four hundred.">450</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/4004.htm" title="4004: pentēkonta (Adj-DNP) -- Fifty. Multiplicative of pente; fifty."></a> <a href="/greek/2094.htm" title="2094: etesin (N-DNP) -- A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.">years.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">After</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: tauta (DPro-ANP) -- This; he, she, it. ">this,</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: edōken (V-AIA-3S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">God gave them</a> <a href="/greek/2923.htm" title="2923: kritas (N-AMP) -- A judge, magistrate, ruler. From krino; a judge.">judges</a> <a href="/greek/2193.htm" title="2193: heōs (Prep) -- A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.">until the time</a> <a href="/greek/4545.htm" title="4545: Samouēl (N-GMS) -- Samuel, a Hebrew prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Samuel, an Israelite.">of Samuel</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4396.htm" title="4396: prophētou (N-GMS) -- From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.">prophet.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">21</span>Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-16.htm">Judges 2:16-18</a></span><br />Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them. / Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done. / Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-11.htm">1 Samuel 12:11</a></span><br />So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Nehemiah 9:27</a></span><br />So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Hebrews 11:32</a></span><br />And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">1 Samuel 3:20</a></span><br />So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-15.htm">1 Samuel 7:15</a></span><br />So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/8-5.htm">1 Samuel 8:5-6</a></span><br />“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.” / But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm">1 Samuel 10:1</a></span><br />Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-13.htm">1 Samuel 12:13</a></span><br />Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm">1 Samuel 13:13-14</a></span><br />“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. / But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-28.htm">1 Samuel 15:28</a></span><br />So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">1 Samuel 16:1</a></span><br />Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a></span><br />So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/28-17.htm">1 Samuel 28:17</a></span><br />He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-2.htm">2 Samuel 5:2</a></span><br />Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And after that he gave to them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.</p><p class="hdg">he gave.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-16.htm">Judges 2:16</a></b></br> Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-10.htm">Judges 3:10</a></b></br> And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/1-1.htm">Ruth 1:1</a></b></br> Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.</p><p class="hdg">until.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">1 Samuel 3:20</a></b></br> And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel <i>was</i> established <i>to be</i> a prophet of the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/7-7.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/acts/12-23.htm">End</a> <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Four</a> <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/john/12-48.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/acts/13-6.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/acts/3-24.htm">Samuel</a> <a href="/acts/7-42.htm">Space</a> <a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/15-16.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/acts/13-25.htm">End</a> <a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/acts/21-9.htm">Four</a> <a href="/acts/23-23.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/acts/19-38.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/acts/21-10.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Samuel</a> <a href="/acts/13-21.htm">Space</a> <a href="/acts/13-41.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/13-1.htm">Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/13-6.htm">Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/13-13.htm">Paul preaches at Antioch that Jesus is Christ.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/13-42.htm">The Gentiles believe;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/13-44.htm">but the Jews talked abusively against Paul, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/13-46.htm">whereupon they turn to the Gentiles, of whom many believe.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/13-50.htm">The Jews raise a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, who go to Iconium.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/acts/13.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>All this took about four hundred and fifty years</b><br />This phrase refers to the period from the time of the judges to the establishment of the monarchy in Israel. The Greek word for "years" (ἔτη, etē) emphasizes the long duration of this era, which was marked by cycles of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance. Historically, this period is significant as it highlights God's patience and faithfulness to His covenant people despite their repeated failures. The number "four hundred and fifty" is a summation of the time from the conquest of Canaan to the reign of King Saul, underscoring the divine orchestration of history.<p><b>After this, He gave them judges</b><br />The term "judges" (κριτάς, kritas) refers to the leaders raised by God to deliver Israel from oppression. These judges were not merely judicial figures but were also military leaders and spiritual guides. The role of the judges was crucial in maintaining the covenant relationship between God and Israel. This period is characterized by the Israelites' repeated turning away from God, followed by His merciful intervention through these appointed leaders. Theologically, this highlights God's sovereignty and His willingness to use flawed human instruments to accomplish His purposes.<p><b>until the time of Samuel the prophet</b><br />Samuel (Σαμουήλ, Samouēl) is a pivotal figure in Israel's history, serving as the last judge and the first prophet in the line of those who would guide Israel through the monarchy. The word "prophet" (προφήτης, prophētēs) signifies one who speaks forth God's word, serving as a mouthpiece for divine revelation. Samuel's role was crucial in transitioning Israel from a loose confederation of tribes to a centralized monarchy. His life and ministry underscore the importance of obedience to God's word and the consequences of straying from His commands. Samuel's anointing of Saul and later David as kings marks a significant shift in Israel's governance, reflecting God's unfolding plan for His people.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">After that he gave unto them judges . . .</span>--The statement in the text, assigning 450 years to the period of the judges, and apparently reckoning that period from the distribution of the conquered territory, is at variance with that in <a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm" title="And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.">1Kings 6:1</a>, which gives 480 years as the period intervening between the Exodus and the building of the temple. The better MSS., however, give a different reading--"He gave their land to them as an inheritance, about 450 years, and after these things he gave unto them judges," the 450 years in this case being referred to the interval between the choice of "our fathers," which may be reckoned from the birth of Isaac (B.C. 1897 according to the received chronology) to the distribution of the conquered country in B.C. 1444. So far as any great discrepancy is concerned, this is a sufficient explanation, but what has been said before as to the general tendency in a discourse of this kind to rest in round numbers, has also to be remembered. (See Note on <a href="/acts/7-6.htm" title="And God spoke on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.">Acts 7:6</a>.) Josephus (<span class= "ital">Ant.</span> viii. 3, ? 1) gives 592 years from the Exodus to the building of Solomon's Temple. Of this period sixty-five years were occupied by the wanderings in the wilderness and the conquest under Joshua, eighty-four by the reigns of Saul and David and the first four years of Solomon, leaving 443 years for the period of the Judges. This agrees, it will be seen, sufficiently with the Received text in this passage, but leaves the discrepancy with <a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm" title="And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.">1Kings 6:1</a> unexplained. There would of course, be nothing strange in St. Paul's following the same traditional chronology as Josephus, even where it differed from that of the present Hebrew text of the Old Testament.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/13-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[All this took about]</span><br /><span class="grk">ὡς</span> <span class="translit">(hōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">450 {}</span><br /><span class="grk">τετρακοσίοις</span> <span class="translit">(tetrakosiois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5071.htm">Strong's 5071: </a> </span><span class="str2">Four hundred. Plural from tessares and hekaton; four hundred.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔτεσιν</span> <span class="translit">(etesin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2094.htm">Strong's 2094: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">After</span><br /><span class="grk">μετὰ</span> <span class="translit">(meta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">this,</span><br /><span class="grk">ταῦτα</span> <span class="translit">(tauta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> </span><span class="str2">This; he, she, it. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">[God] gave [them]</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔδωκεν</span> <span class="translit">(edōken)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> </span><span class="str2">To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">judges</span><br /><span class="grk">κριτὰς</span> <span class="translit">(kritas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2923.htm">Strong's 2923: </a> </span><span class="str2">A judge, magistrate, ruler. From krino; a judge.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until the time</span><br /><span class="grk">ἕως</span> <span class="translit">(heōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2193.htm">Strong's 2193: </a> </span><span class="str2">A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Samuel</span><br /><span class="grk">Σαμουὴλ</span> <span class="translit">(Samouēl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4545.htm">Strong's 4545: </a> </span><span class="str2">Samuel, a Hebrew prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Samuel, an Israelite.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prophet.</span><br /><span class="grk">προφήτου</span> <span class="translit">(prophētou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4396.htm">Strong's 4396: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/acts/13-20.htm">Acts 13:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/acts/13-20.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 13:20 After these things he gave them judges (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/13-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 13:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 13:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/13-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 13:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 13:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>