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Acts 17:1
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews;
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews;
ACTS 17:1 Unlike the generally accepted text, diodeu,santej de. th.n VAmfi,polin kai. th.n VApollwni,an h=lqon eivj Qessaloni,khn (“Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they cam...
CHAPTER XVII. _Paul and his company, passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia,_ _come to Thessalonica, were they preach the Gospel to the Jews,_ _several of whom believe_, 1-4. _Others raise a mob...
AMPHIPOLIS - This was the capital of the eastern province of Macedonia. It was originally a colony of the Athenians, but under the Romans it was made the capital of that part of Macedonia. It was near...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The Gospel in Thessalonica (Acts 17:1)._ 2. The Gospel in Beroea (Acts 17:10). 3. Paul in Athens (Acts 17:15). Three cities in which the Gospel is next preached are before us in thi...
THESSALONICA (_cf._ 1 Thessalonians 2:2). From Philippi to Amphipolis is a distance of 30 miles, from Amphipolis to Apollonia 29, from Apollonia to Thessalonica 35 miles, all on the _Via Egnatia_ whic...
IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
When they had taken the road through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Paul, as his custom was, went in to them and, for three Sabbaths, he d...
PASSED THROUGH. Greek. _diodeuo._ Only here and Luke 8:1. A medical word. AMPHIPOLIS. About thirty-three miles south-west of Philippi. APOLLONIA. Thirty miles further, about midway between Amphipolis...
Acts 17:1. Paul and Silas journey through Amphipolis and Apollonia to Thessalonica, where some of the Jews raise an uproar against them and Jason their host 1. _they had passed through_ The verb occur...
Acts 17:1-9. PAUL AND SILAS JOURNEY TROUGH AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA TO THESSALONICA, WHERE SOME OF THE JEWS RAISE AN UPROAR AGAINST THEM AND JASON THEIR HOST...
ἡ omitted before ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓῊ with אABD. 1. ΔΙΟΔΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ ΔΈ, _and when they had passed through_. This verb, of rare occurrence in classical Greek, but common in the LXX. (cf. Genesis 12:6; Psalms 88:40; B...
_PAUL PREACHED CHRIST AT THESSALONICA ACTS 17:1-9:_ Paul and his co-workers left Philippi and journeyed to Thessalonica. Their journey carried then through Amphipolis and Apollonia. When they visited...
ΔΙΟΔΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΔΙΟΔΕΎΩ (G1353) проходить по дороге через. Этой дорогой была Via Egnatia (Gill, "Macedonia" BAFCS, 2:409-10; FAP, 297 — 99; P, 199-205). Этот гл., вероятно, был выбра...
AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA— Were two cities of Macedonia; the first was built by Cimon the Athenian, who sent 10,000 Athenians as a colony thither. It stood in an island of the river Strymon, and had th...
PASSING THROUGH THE CITIES OF AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA. Acts 17:1 a. Acts 17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, ACTS 17:1 A For a brief description of these towns you are...
XVII: 1. Luke now drops the pronoun of the first person, in which he has spoken of the apostolic company since they left Troas, and resumes the third person, which shows that he remained in Philippi a...
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: Arrival at Thessalonica-Success there among the Jews and Gentile Proselytes ...
1 Luke seems to have remained behind at Philippi, for the narrative now proceeds in the third person. Timothy also tarried, for no one was more genuinely solicitous of the welfare of the infant eccles...
SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-15. Thessalonica and Berœa. 1. Amphipolis] 32 m. W. of Philippi. APOLLONIA] 30 m. W. of Amphipolis. THESSALONICA] now Salonika, was the capital of the provin...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 17 PAUL AND SILAS GO TO THESSALONICA, 17:1-4 V1 Paul and Silas travelled through Amphipolis and Apollonia. They came to Thessalonica. There was...
XVII. (1) NOW WHEN THEY HAD PASSED THROUGH AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA. — The two cities were both on the great Roman roads known as the _Via Egnatia._ Amphipolis, formerly known as Ennea Hodoi, or the N...
CHAPTER 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, followin...
διοδεύσαντες δὲ : “and they went along the _Roman_ road” (Ramsay): verb only found in Luke, Luke 8:1, and here, but frequent in LXX, and used also by Polyb. and Plut., _cf._ Genesis 13:17, etc., so in...
PERSECUTION SPREADS THE TRUTH Acts 17:1 _ Thessalonica._ Slowly Paul made his way among the great cities of Greece. He was sowing seeds of which others would reap the harvest. His one theme was the _...
At Thessalonica and Berea the apostle visited the synagogues, and again in each case persecution arose from the Jews. A sentence which fell from the lips of the leader of the mob shows with what rapid...
Preaching in Thessalonica Luke did not tell Theophilus why Paul passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia. He did explain that the next stop on this second missionary tour was Thessalonica, where there...
Now (1) when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: (1) The casting out of Silas and Paul was the saving of many others....
The four evangelists bid adieu to the sorrowing saints at the house of Lydia, travel southward, thirty-three miles to Amphipolis, where they do not tarry because there is no Jewish synagogue. Judgment...
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: (2) And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reas...
CONTENTS Paul and Silas prosecute their Circuit of preaching the Word through Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens. We have an awful Account of the latter....
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
− 1._They came to Thessalonica. _We know not why Paul attempted nothing at Amphipolis and Appollonia, which were, notwithstanding, famous cities, as appeareth by Pliny; save only because he followed t...
In the last case it was the power exercised by the enemy over the passions of the Gentiles that caused the persecution of the apostles: at Thessalonica we again find the old and universal enmity of th...
NOW WHEN THEY HAD PASSED THROUGH AMPHIPOLLS,.... A city of Macedonia, where it is placed by Pliny q; according to Ptolomy r, it was in that part of Macedonia, which is called Edonis, and was near Phil...
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: Ver. 1. _Where was a synagogue of the Jews_] Who did much hurt there by their...
_Now when they_, &c. It appears by Luke's phraseology here, that he was left at Philippi; for here he ceases to speak of himself as one of Paul's company, saying, not when WE, but _when they had passe...
AMPHIPOLIS; the chief city of the first or eastern division of Macedonia. THESSALONICA; the capital of the second division of Macedonia....
From Philippi Paul and his company travelled westward in Greece to Thessalonica (also in Macedonia). A Jewish synagogue being there, they attended this for three sabbath days, reasoning with the Jews...
NOW WHEN THEY HAD PASSED THROUGH AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA, THEY CAME TO THESSALONICA, WHERE THERE WAS A SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWS. 1. Amphipolis is a city that was on the way to Thessalonica. It was situ...
"Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica" The use of the term "they" infers that Luke had remained in Philippi to work with that new congregation (Acts 1...
1-9 The drift and scope of Paul's preaching and arguing, was to prove that Jesus is the Christ. He must needs suffer for us, because he could not otherwise purchase our redemption for us; and he must...
ACTS CHAPTER 17 ACTS 17:1 Paul preaching in the synagogue at Thessalonica, some believe, both Jews and Greeks. ACTS 17:5 The unbelieving Jews raise an uproar. ACTS 17:10 Paul and Silas are sent to Ber...
XVII: 1. Luke now drops the pronoun of the first person, in which he has spoken of the apostolic company since they left Troas, and resumes the third person, which shows that he remained in Philippi a...
Acts 17:1 Now G1161 through G1353 (G5660) Amphipolis G295 and G2532 Apollonia G624 came G2064 (G5627) to...
‘Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews, and Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three sabbath days...
PAUL'S MINISTRY IN EUROPE AND THEN IN EPHESUS (17:1-19:20). Ministry in Europe (17:1-18:22). Fruitful Ministry in Thessalonica and Berea (17:1-14). Having been requested to leave Philippi, Paul and...
_Paul at Thessalonica and Berea,_ 1-14. Acts 17:1. THROUGH AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA. From Philippi to Amphipolis, some thirty-three miles along the great Egnatian Way, which was a continuation of the...
WHEN THEY HAD PASSED THROUGH (διοδευσαντες). First aorist active participle of διοδευω, common verb in the _Koine_ (Polybius, Plutarch, LXX, etc.), but in the N.T. only here and Luke 8:1. It means l...
CONTENTS: Founding of church at Thessalonica and the Jewish opposition. Paul and Silas at Berea. Paul at Athens and the sermon from Mars' hill. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Silas, Jason, Caesar, philoso...
Acts 17:1. _When they had passed through Amphipolis._ Boiste adds the Roman name _Emboli._ It was built by Simon, the Athenian commander. It stood on an island formed in the river Strymon, and was cal...
THEY TRAVELED ON. They went along the Roman military road that crossed Macedonia and Greece to the seaport of Dyrrachium; and resuming at the port of Brundisium on the coast of Italy, continued to Rom...
_And when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia._ FROM AMPHIPOLIS TO THESSALONICA The beautiful town of Amphipolis lies to the south of a splendid lake under sheltering hills, three miles...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:1 From Philippi Paul traveled the 94 miles (151 km) to Thessalonica, capital of Macedonia. The Philippian church helped him during this time (Philippians 4:16)....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 17:1. THEY.—Paul, Silas, and Timothy, Luke having remained behind at Philippi. (See on Acts 16:40.) PASSED THROUGH.—The road traversed was the _Via Egnatia_, a great military r...
EXPOSITION ACTS 17:1 AMPHIPOLIS. This was the ancient capital of that division of Macedonia (Macedonia Prima); see Acts 16:12, note. It was situated on the Via Egnatia, thirty-four miles southwest f...
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews (Acts 17:1): Now Luke passes that off in one verse. From Philippi to Amph...
1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Timothy 4:10; Acts 14:1;...
And taking their journey through Amphipolis and Apollonia — St. Luke seems to have been left at Philippi; and to have continued in those parts, travelling from place to place among the Churches, till...
This chapter begins with St. Paul's travels to Thessalonica, the chief city of Macedonia, where this apostle gathered. famous church, unto which he wrote two excellent epistles. Coming to Thessalonica...