Thematic Bible: Greece


Thematic Bible




(the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation,) and she besought him to cast the demon out of her daughter. Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofBeggarsGreeksLove, And The WorldJesus Casting Out Demons

Then the Jews said among themselves: Whither is this man about to go, that we shall not find him? Is he about to go to those who are dispersed among the Greeks, and to teach the Greeks? Verse Conceptsdispersion, theGreeksJudaismNot FindingChrist TeachingWhere To?

What then? Do we, Jews, excel? Not at all: for we have already convicted all, both Jews and Greeks, of being under sin, Verse ConceptsForgiveness, DivineAdvantagesFar Be It!The Gospel To Jew And GentileAll Have Sinned

but glory and honor and peace to every one that practices what is good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek: Verse ConceptsFavouritismTo The Jew FirstDoing GoodGod Bestowing GloryThe Gospel To Jew And Gentile

Give no occasion for stumbling, either to the Jews, or to the Greeks, or to the church of God; Verse ConceptsStumblingAntagonism From Jew And GentileDo Not HinderThe Church UniversalChurch Distinct From IsraelChurch Of God





Then there arose some who be longed to the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and some of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia, and they disputed with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. Then they instigated men to say: We have heard him speak impious words against Moses, and against God. read more.
And they excited the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and took him by violence, and brought him into the Sanhedrin. And they brought forward false witnesses, who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law. For we have heard him say, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.

And all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallic cared for none of these things. Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating Believers



Therefore, many of them believed; both of influential women, who were Greeks, and of men, not a few. Verse ConceptsMany In The ChurchThose Who Believed In Christ

But certain men associated with him, and believed; among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. Verse ConceptsConverts To ChristianityThose Who Believed In Christ

And Paul, according to his custom, went in to them, and, for three sabbath-days, he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and affirming that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. And some of them believed, and associated themselves with Paul and Silas; of the devout Greeks, a great multitude, and of the chief women, not a few.

Among those who came to worship at the feast were certain Greeks. These then came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying: Sir, we wish to see Jesus. Philip came and told Andrew; and then Andrew and Philip told Jesus. read more.
But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour has come that the Son of man must be glorified.

For the Jews ask for a sign, and the Greeks seek for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks, foolishness:


And he came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess, who was a believer; but his father was a Greek. Verse ConceptsBelieversGrandmothers

But as some were hardened, and did not believe, and spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he withdrew from them, and separated the disciples, and discoursed daily in the school of one Tyrannus. Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofUnbelief, As Response To GodWay, TheUnbelief, Sourced InUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyUnbelief, Examples OfDiscussionsSchoolsObstinate IndividualsOnce A DaySchoolChristians Are Called Followers Of The Way

After the tumult had ceased, Paul called the disciples to him, and bade them farewell, and departed, in order to go into Macedonia. And when he had gone through those regions, and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece. And having remained there three months, he determined to return through Macedonia, because a plot had been laid for him by the Jews, as he was about to sail to Syria. read more.
And Sopater of Berea, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy and Tychicus and Trophimus, who were Asiatics, accompanied him to Asia. These went before, and waited for us at Troas. But we sailed from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we remained seven days.