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

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

however, there were some who adher'd to him, as Denis the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

then they that embraced his doctrine, were baptized: and there were about three thousand converts made that very day.

As soon as they were discharg'd, they went to their brethren, and reported all that the chief priests and senators had said to them:

Thus were many signs and wonders wrought among the people, by the apostles, who us'd to meet in Solomon's porch with great unanimity:

Being arriv'd at Iconium, they went both together to the Jewish synagogue, where they discours'd in such a manner, that a great number both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

some believed what he had said, but others did not believe:

wherefore come out from among them, be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Consorted

and in this they out-did my expectation; such was the divine pleasure, they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then made me an offer to go themselves to Corinth.

Silas

Then the apostles, the presbyters, and the whole church thought it proper to select some out of their own body to accompany Paul and Barnabas to Antioch: such as Judas surnam'd Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

The devout

he disputed therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and the proselyted Greeks: and in the publick place daily with those he met.

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.

so he took him and had him circumcised, out of regard to the Jews of that country, who all knew his father was a Greek.

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.

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."

And of the chief

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

but the Jews having animated the women of quality of their religion, and the leading men of the city, raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and banish'd them from their territorys.

General references

some believed what he had said, but others did not believe: