Charles Spurgeon Commentary Acts 13:17

"The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it." — Acts 13:17 (ASV)

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

It is always well to begin with our hearers on some common ground. So, wishing to persuade these people to receive the Lord Jesus as the promised Messiah, Paul begins with what was always attractive to their ears—the history of their nation, with a special mention of the peculiar favor God had shown to his chosen people Israel in bringing them up out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage.