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Acts 17:4
4Some of them were convinced and became attached to Paul and Silas, as were a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and no small number of the leading women.
Acts 17:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.
Context of Acts 17:4
2As was his custom, Paul went to the Jewish people; and for three Shabbatot, he debated the Scriptures with them. 3He opened them and gave evidence that Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, saying, “This Yeshua, whom I declare to you, is the Messiah.” Some of them were convinced and became attached to Paul and Silas, as were a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and no small number of the leading women. 5But some of the Jewish people became jealous. Taking some wicked fellows of the marketplace and gathering a crowd, they stirred the city into an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to bring Paul and Silas out to the mob. 6When they did not find them, they instead began dragging Jason and some of the brethren before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here too,
Read all of Acts 17Acts 17:4 word by word
καί τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπείσθησαν καὶ προσεκληρώθησαν τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Σιλᾷ, τῶν τε σεβομένων Ἑλλήνων πλῆθος πολύ, γυναικῶν τε τῶν πρώτων οὐκ ὀλίγαι.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- someτιςtis · oneG5100
- ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- believedπείθωpeithō · to persuadeG3982
- consortedπροσκληρόωprosklēroō · to joinG4345
- with PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
- SilasΣίλαςSilas · SilasG4609
- andτεte · and/bothG5037
- of the devoutσέβομαιsebomai · be devoutG4576
- GreeksἝλλην=ἝλληνHellēn · Greek, GentileG1672
- a greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- multitudeπλῆθοςplēthos · multitudeG4128
- of the chiefπρῶτοςprōtos · first: bestG4413
- womenγυνήgunē · womanG1135
- notοὐou · noG3756
- a fewὀλίγοςoligos · little/fewG3641
Cross-references for Acts 17:4
- Acts 17:34But some men joined with him and believed—among them Dionysius (a member of the council of the Aereopagus), a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
- Acts 2:41So those who received his message were immersed, and that day about three thousand souls were added.
- Acts 4:23As soon as they were released, Peter and John went to their own people and reported all that the ruling kohanim and elders had said to them.
- Acts 5:12Meanwhile, through the hands of the emissaries many signs and wonders were happening among the people. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico.
- Acts 14:1Now in Iconium, the same thing happened—they entered as usual into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large number of Jewish and Greek people believed.
- Acts 28:24Some were convinced by what he said, while others refused to believe.
- Proverbs 9:6Abandon your foolish ways and live! Walk in the way of understanding.”
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise men is wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Zechariah 2:11“Oy , Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”
- Zechariah 8:20Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “Peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will again come.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, come out from among them, and be separate, says Adonai. Touch no unclean thing. Then I will take you in.
- 2 Corinthians 8:5Moreover, it was not just as we had hoped, but they gave of themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God’s will.
- Acts 15:22Then it seemed good to the emissaries and elders, with the whole community, to choose men from among themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judah (also called Barsabbas) and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
- Acts 17:17So he was debating in the synagogue with the Jewish people and the God-fearers, as well as in the marketplace every day with all who happened to be there.
- Acts 13:43When the synagogue meeting broke up, many of the Jewish people and God-fearing inquirers followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and trying to persuade them to continue in the grace of God.
- Acts 16:3Paul wanted this man to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him for the sake of the Jewish people in those places—for they all knew that his father was Greek.
Commentaries on Acts 17:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The devout Greeks - That is, Gentiles who were proselytes to the Jewish religion, so far as to renounce idolatry, and live a moral life, but probably had not received circumcision.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And consorted - Literally, had their lot with Paul and Silas; that is, they united themselves to them, and became their disciples. The word is commonly applied to those who are partakers of an inheritance. And of the devout Greeks - Religious Greeks; or, of those who worshipped God. Those are denoted who had renounced the worship of idols, and who attended on the worship of the synagogue, but who were not fully admitted to the privileges of Jewish…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4God-fearing Greeks: See study note on 10:2. Luke often draws attention to women who joined the Christian movement (17:4, 12, 34; see also 5:14; 8:12; 16:13–15, 31–34; 18:26; 21:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. Paul, as his manner was--always to begin with the Jews. went in unto them--In writing to the converts but a few months after this, he reminds them of the courage and superiority to indignity, for the Gospel's sake, which this required after the shameful treatment he had so lately experienced at Philippi (1Th 2:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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