Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 13:16 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 16. 16Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
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Quick Meaning
Begins Paul's address to Israelites and God-fearers.
Read It With
- Acts 13:13–13:16
Acts 13:16 begins Paul's address to Israelites and God-fearers; within Acts 13:13–13:16, the controlling movement is that From Paphos the group reaches Perga, John returns to Jerusalem, and Paul and Barnabas enter Pisidian Antioch's synagogue, where Paul responds to an invitation to speak.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Begins Paul's address to Israelites and God-fearers. This precise contribution belongs inside “The team changes and Paul addresses the synagogue” because From Paphos the group reaches Perga, John returns to Jerusalem, and Paul and Barnabas enter Pisidian Antioch's synagogue, where Paul responds to an invitation to speak.
What Remains True
Because Acts 13:16 begins Paul's address to Israelites and God-fearers, faithful witness must preserve the verse's speaker, narrated setting, people affected, and the full movement of Acts 13:13–13:16 before drawing an enduring claim.
How It Can Shape Life
- For Acts 13:16, first identify this verse role—begins Paul's address to Israelites and God-fearers; then explain the contextual meaning in Acts 13:13–13:16; preserve the proportionate truth about accountable witness; finally apply this boundary: The transition does not justify speculation about John, contempt for Jewish worship, or treating access to a community as permission to dominate it.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 13:13–13:16 — The team changes and Paul addresses the synagogueSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 13:13–13:16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 13:13-13:16
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 13:13-13:16
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 13:13–13:16
Open source ↗