Acts 13:17

New Century Version

The God of the Israelites chose our ancestors. He made the people great during the time they lived in Egypt, and he brought them out of that country with great power.

Cross References

Psalm 135:4

The Lord has chosen the people of Jacob for himself; he has chosen the people of Israel for his very own.

Exodus 12:51

On that same day the Lord led the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.

Exodus 13:14

“From now on when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you will answer, ‘With his great power, the Lord brought us out from Egypt, the land where we were slaves.

Exodus 13:16

This feast is like a mark on your hand and a reminder on your forehead to help you remember that the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his great power.”

Exodus 14:8

The Lord made the king of Egypt stubborn, so he chased the Israelites, who were leaving victoriously.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know the Lord is greater than all gods, because he did this to those who looked down on Israel.”

Isaiah 44:1

The Lord says, “People of Jacob, you are my servants. Listen to me! People of Israel, I chose you.”

Amos 2:10

It was I who brought you from the land of Egypt and led you for forty years through the desert so I could give you the land of the Amorites.

Micah 6:4

I brought you from the land of Egypt and freed you from slavery; I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to you.

Deuteronomy 10:22

There were only seventy of your ancestors when they went down to Egypt, and now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 14:2

You are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord brought you out of Egypt, which tested you like a furnace for melting iron, and he made you his very own people, as you are now.

Deuteronomy 4:34

No other god has ever taken for himself one nation out of another. But the Lord your God did this for you in Egypt, right before your own eyes. He did it with tests, signs, miracles, war, and great sights, by his great power and strength.

Deuteronomy 4:37

Because the Lord loved your ancestors, he chose you, their descendants, and he brought you out of Egypt himself by his great strength.

Deuteronomy 7:19

You saw for yourselves the troubles, signs, and miracles he did, how the Lord’s great power and strength brought you out of Egypt. The Lord your God will do the same thing to all the nations you now fear.

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are going in to take the land, not because you are good and honest, but because these nations are evil. That is why the Lord your God will force them out ahead of you, to keep his promise to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

1 Samuel 4:8

How terrible it will be for us! Who can save us from these powerful gods? They are the ones who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of disasters in the desert.