Acts 13:20

Plain English Version

It was about 450 years from the time they went to Egypt, to the time they got that country. Then God picked leaders for them, so they always had a leader to look after them. After lots of other leaders, God picked Samuel to be their leader. He was a man that told God’s messages to the people.

Cross References

Acts 3:24

Samuel was another of God’s men a long time ago. He also told people that all these things were going to happen. And all God’s other men that came later, they told people the same story.

1 Samuel 3:20

All the Israel mob knew him, everybody from every place, from the north to the south. They all knew that Samuel was God’s messenger.