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Acts 14:16

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Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
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  1. Acts 17:30Rank 1 from verse 16
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    30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

  2. Psalms 81:12Rank 2 from verse 16
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    12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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    20He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.

  4. Romans 1:28Rank 4 from verse 16
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    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  5. 1 Peter 4:3Rank 5 from verse 16
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    3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

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Acts 14:16

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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past

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Gone by, ended, or beyond a stated place, time, or limit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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suffered

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Sense 1: Allowed or permitted. Sense 2: Bore, endured, or underwent pain, loss, or another experience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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14:8¶ And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:

14:9The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

14:10Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

14:11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

14:12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

14:13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

14:14Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

14:15And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

14:16Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

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14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

14:18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

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