Acts 17:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

Some

2 Corinthians 6:17

Consorted

2 Corinthians 8:5

Silas

Acts 15:22

The devout

And of the chief

Acts 17:12

Acts 13:50

General references

Acts 28:24

Bible References

Some

But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Now many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Porch.

Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue, and so spoke that a great number believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.

Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.

Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.

Consorted

And they did not do as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

Silas

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

The devout

So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be there.

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

Paul wanted this man to accompany him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

And every Sabbath he was reasoning in the synagogue, and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

This took place for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place; and besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place."

And of the chief

Therefore many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.

But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

General references

Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.