Acts 13:20-21
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Acts 13:20
- John Gill - Exposition - Acts 13:21
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Acts 13
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Acts 13:18-21
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Acts 13:19-22
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Acts 13:21-23
Acts 13:20-21. And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. And afterward they desired a king:
This was another piece of wantonness on the Israelites’ part. God was their King, yet they must have a visible king, like the other nations by which they were surrounded. They were faithfully warned by the prophet Samuel of the evil consequences that would follow their choice, but they would not be content with their God as their only Ruler: "afterward they desired a king."