Acts 13:18

“And about the time of forty years, etc.] From their coming out of Egypt, to their entrance into the land of Canaan: suffered he their manners in the wilderness; which were very perverse and provoking; as their murmuring for water, their rebellion against Moses and Aaron, their idolatry and the ill report brought on the good land by their spies; and yet the Lord fed them, and led them, and kept them as the apple of his eye: some think the true reading is etrofoforhsen, “he bore”, or “fed them”, as a nurse bears and feeds her children; and so the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions render it, “he nourished them”; rained manna, and gave them quails from heaven, and furnished a table for them…”

“forty years suffered he their manners--rather, according to what appears the true reading, "cherished he them" (as a nurse the infant in her bosom).”

“And about the time of forty years - They were this time going from Egypt to the land of Canaan. Exodus 16:35; Numbers 33:38. Suffered he their manners - This passage has been very variously rendered. See the margin. Syriac, “He nourished them,” etc. Arabic, “He blessed them, and nourished them,” etc. The Greek word is not elsewhere used in the New Testament. It properly means to tolerate, or endure the conduct of anyone, implying that that conduct is evil, and tends to provoke to punishment. This is doubtless its meaning here. Probably Paul referred to the passage in Deuteronomy 1:31, “The Lord thy God bare thee.” But instead of this word, ἐτροποφόρησεν etropophorēsen to bear with, many…”

“Deu 1:31. Acts 13:19”

“about: Act 7:36, Act 7:39-43; Exo 16:2, Exo 16:35; Num 14:22, Num 14:33, Num 14:34; Deu 9:7, Deu 9:21-24; Neh 9:16-21; Psa. 78:17-42, Psa 95:8-11, 106:13-29; Eze 20:10-17; Amo 5:25, Amo 5:26; Co1 10:1-10; Heb 3:7-10, Heb 3:16-19 suffered: "Gr. ετροποφορηεον \[Strong's G5159\], perhaps for ετροφοφορησεν, bore, or fed them as a nurse beareth or feedeth her child, Deu 1:31; according to the LXX, and so Chrysostom. Acts 13:19”