Acts 14:1

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Summary

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

In

Acts 13:51

Went

Acts 19:8

That a

Acts 18:8

Greeks

General references

Luke 12:52

Bible References

In

so they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and went to Iconium.

Went

Immediately he maintained in the synagogues, that Jesus was the son of God.

but Paul and Barnabas told them boldly, you indeed were the first, to whom the word of God was to be preach'd: but since you reject it, and judge your own selves unworthy of eternal life, be assur'd, we shall make the same offer to the Gentiles:

Having pass'd thro' Amphipolis and Apollonia, they arriv'd at Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue.

and try'd to gain upon the Jews and the Greek proselytes:

At length Paul went to the synagogue, where he spoke with great freedom, and for three months he conferr'd with them to persuade them of the truth of the evangelical kingdom.

That a

After they had preach'd the gospel in that city, and made many disciples, they retook the road to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,

and as the divine assistance accompany'd them, a great number of persons believed and became converts.

when the assembly was separated, many Jews and religious proselytes followed after, to whom the apostles address'd themselves, and exhorted them to persevere in the divine dispensation.

Some of them believed, and join'd themselves to Paul and Silas, besides a great number of Greek proselytes, and several women of distinction.

the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his family, as well as many of the Corinthians, who heard Paul, and were baptized.

Greeks

but the disbelieving Jews practis'd upon the Gentiles, and inflam'd their minds against the brethren.

Paul arrived then at Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, whose mother was a Jewish convert, but his father a Greek.

so that many of them believed, besides a considerable number of women of distinction, and of men, that were Greeks.

and try'd to gain upon the Jews and the Greek proselytes:

this he continued for two years; so that the Jews and proselytes of that part of Asia heard the doctrine of the Lord Jesus.

remonstrating both to Jews and Gentiles the advantages of a sincere repentance, and of believing

bawling out, "men of Israel, help: this is the man that every where inveighs upon all occasions against the people, against the law, and against this place, where they have brought Greeks too to profane this holy place."

entreated him to force the demon out of her daughter; now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation.

upon which the Jews said among themselves, whither will he go, that we cannot find him? will he go to the dispersed Jews among the Greeks, and instruct the Greeks?

for I am not ashamed of the gospel, since it is divinely effectual to salvation, to everyone that believes, to the Jew first, and then to the Gentile.

In reality there is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile: they have all the same Lord, who is bountiful to all that call upon him.

while the Jews require signs, and the Greeks seek wisdom:

however, Titus who was then with me, being a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised:

there is now no distinction of Jew or Greek, of bond or free, of male or female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

by which there is now neither Greek, or Jew; circumcised, or uncircumcised; Barbarian, or Scythian; slave, or freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

General references

for the future, if there are five persons in one family, they will be divided; three against two, and two against three.