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

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 them were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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

When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon's Portico.

The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding."

The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions!

The Maidens to the Beloved: Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned? Tell us, that we may seek him with you.

"Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

The Lord who rules over all says, 'It will someday come to pass that people -- residents of many cities -- will come.

Therefore "come out from their midst, and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

Consorted

And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

Silas

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, leaders among the brothers, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.

The devout

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

When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

Paul wanted Timothy 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 Greek.

He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them.

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

shouting, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!"

And of the chief

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

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

General references

Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.