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

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved

Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;

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

Consorted

This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

Silas

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.

The devout

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

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

And of the chief

Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.

But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

General references

Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.