Acts 17:4

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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

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 people joined him [and] believed, among whom also [were] Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman {named} Damaris and others with them.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.

And [when they] were released, they went to their own [people] and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Now many signs and wonders were being performed among the people through the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.

Now it happened that in Iconium they entered {together} into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

And [some] were convinced [by] what was said, but [others] refused to believe.

Lay aside simplicity and live; walk in the way of understanding."

Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.

Tell me, [you] whom my {heart} loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do your sheep lie down at the noon? {For why should I be like} one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned that we may seek him with you?

"Many nations will join themselves to Yahweh on that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.

Thus says Yahweh of hosts: '[It will happen] again that nations and the inhabitants of many cities will come.

Therefore "come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord, "and do not touch what is unclean, and I will welcome you,

Consorted

and not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and [then] to us, by the will of God.

Silas

Then it seemed best to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas--Judas who was called Barsabbas and Silas, men [who were] leaders among the brothers--

The devout

So he was discussing in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing [Gentiles], and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

And [after] the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them [and] were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

Paul wanted this one to go with 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 Greek.

And he argued in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

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

shouting, "Israelite men, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place! And furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

And of the chief

Therefore many of them believed, and not a few of the prominent Greek women and men.

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

General references

And [some] were convinced [by] what was said, but [others] refused to believe.