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Acts 17:22
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars Hill and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars Hill and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
Verse Acts 17:22. _PAUL STOOD IN THE MIDST OF MARS' HILL_] That is, in the midst of the judges, who sat in the _Areopagus_. _YE ARE TOO SUPERSTITIOUS._] Κατα παντα ὡς δεισιδαιμονεϚερους ὑμας θεωρω...
THEN PAUL - This commences Paul’s explanation of the doctrines which he had stated. It is evident that Luke has recorded but a mere summary or outline of the discourse; but it is such as to enable us...
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...
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE AREOPAGUS. He opens with a compliment to the religiosity of the Athenians. He has walked up and down the city and marked the many objects of worship; he has also found an altar wi...
Paul stood up in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that in all things you are as superstitious as possible. As I came through your city and as I saw the objects of your worshi...
IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
MARS' HILL. See Acts 17:19. YE MEN OF ATHENS. Greek. _andres Aihenaioi._ See note on Acts 1:11. PERCEIVE. Same as "saw", Acts 17:16. IN. according to. Greek. _kata._ App-104. too superstiti
Speech of St Paul at Athens Taking notice of the extreme religious scrupulousness, which had led the Athenians to raise an altar to an unknown God, the Apostle declares to them the God whom alone the...
_in the midst of Mars" hill_ Better, _in the midst of the Areopagus_. See on Acts 17:19. There is no need for translating the name in one way there, and in another here. _Ye men of Athens_ The languag...
SPEECH OF ST PAUL AT ATHENS Taking notice of the extreme religious scrupulousness which had led the Athenians to raiso an altar to an unknown God, the Apostle declares to them the God whom alone they...
ἘΝ ΜΈΣΩΙ ΤΟΥ͂ ἈΡΕΊΟΥ ΠΆΓΟΥ, _in the midst of the Areopagus_. See above on Acts 17:19. ἌΝΔΡΕΣ ἈΘΗΝΑΙ͂ΟΙ, _men of Athens_. The language of the Apostle’s address takes exactly the form which it would hav...
_AN ALTAR TO AN UNKNOWN GOD ACTS 17:16-23:_ While Paul waited for his co-workers his spirit was stirred by all the idolatry in Athens. He saw a city "full of idols." Paul had discussions, (1) in the S...
ΣΤΑΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять. _Сопутств._ или _temp. part._ ΈΝ ΜΈΣΩ (G2619; G3319 в середине. Вероятно, значит скорее: "посреди совета" чем "посреди холма" ΈΦ _aor. ind. act. о...
YE ARE TOO SUPERSTITIOUS.— Dr. Doddridge renders the original, _Ye are exceedingly addicted to the worship of invisible powers;_ which, he observes, is very agreeable to the etymology of the word Δεισ...
IN ATHENS. Acts 17:14 b - Acts 17:34. a. The brethren from Berea go with Paul as far as Athens and take back a command for the coming of Silas and Timothy. Acts 17:14 b -...
22-31. After persevering, but necessarily disconnected conversational efforts on the streets, Paul has now an audience assembled for the special purpose of hearing him, and may present his theme in a...
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. THEN PAUL STOOD IN THE MIDST OF MARS' HILL, AND SAID - `taking his s...
19 The hill called the Areopagus (Latin, Mars' Hill), just a few steps above the Market Place, was a most fitting forum for the folly of God to defeat the wisdom of the world. At Rome Paul's weakness...
17:22 Areopagus (b-8) i.e. 'the hill of Mars.' The tribunal which watched over the morals of the Athenians, and saw that due honour was paid to the gods, held its sessions on Areopagus and was so des...
PAUL'S SPEECH. It is discreet and to the point. It deals not with the OT., with which his hearers were unacquainted, but with the truths of natural religion, many of which were understood (though only...
TOO SUPERSTITIOUS] rather, 'more religious' (than other men). Both senses are possible, but the tactful apostle would be more likely to begin his speech with a compliment than with a reproach....
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...
ATHENS. After leaving Berœa, St. Paul entered the Roman province of Achaia, which was at this time a senatorian province, governed by a proconsul, and of which the capital was Corinth. He first visite...
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...
PAUL STOOD IN THE MIDST OF MARS’ HILL. — Better, _Areopagus,_ as before. The Court sat in the open air on benches forming three sides of a quadrangle. A short flight of sixteen steps, cut in the rock,...
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...
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...
σταθεὶς, Lucan, see Acts 1:15. ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἀ. π., _i.e._, in the midst of the Council or Court of Areopagus, see above on Acts 17:19, _cf._ Acts 4:7, Peter stood in the midst of the Sanhedrim. Ramsay...
THE ONE LIVING AND TRUE GOD Acts 17:22 The gospel preacher must avail himself of any circumstance in his surroundings that will enable him to arrest the attention of his audience. He must meet them...
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...
Paul's Sermon on Mars Hill The apostle began his sermon by noting that they were very religious, worshipping idols devoted to all types of gods, even an unknown God. Paul seized upon their recognition...
(12) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too (l) superstitious. (12) The idolaters themselves provide most strong and forcib...
Over-religious. [4] Or very superstitious. To be superstitious, or given to superstition, is commonly taken for a vain and groundless religious worship, but it is also sometimes used in a good sense....
Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, aid: _“Athenian men, I perceive that in all things you are very religious,”_ not, as E. V. says, _“too superstitious,”_ in which case they would have skeda...
PAUL AT ATHENS 16-33. While Timothy and Silas prosecute the work in the upper country, Paul and Luke spend the time at Athens, the world's grand emporium of science, literature, philosophy, and idolat...
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. (23) For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar wit...
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...
− 22._Men of Athens. _We may divide this sermon of Paul into five members. For though Luke doth only briefly touch those things which he set down in many words, yet I do not doubt but that he did comp...
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...
THEN PAUL STOOD IN THE MIDST OF MARS' HILL,.... Or of Areopagus, as it is better rendered in Acts 17:19 for it is the same place, and it is the same word that is here used: Paul stood in the midst of...
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, _Ye_ men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. Ver. 22. _You are too superstitious_] You are fearers of evil spirits...
_Then Paul stood_ (Greek, σταθεις, _standing_, or _being placed_, rather, probably on some eminence) _in the midst of Mars hill_ An ample theatre! _said, Ye men of Athens_ Giving them a lecture of nat...
TOO SUPERSTITIOUS; rather, very religiously inclined, very much disposed to honor the gods....
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...
THEN PAUL STOOD IN THE MIDST OF THE AREOPAGUS AND SAID, " MEN OF ATHENS, I PERCEIVE THAT IN ALL THINGS YOU ARE VERY RELIGIOUS; 1. The King James Version used the word - superstitious. This makes us t...
MARS HILL: Or, the court of the Areopagites...
"And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things,. perceive that ye are very religious"Paul stood" So that all could see and hear him. "In the midst of the areo...
22-31 Here we have a sermon to heathens, who worshipped false gods, and were without the true God in the world; and to them the scope of the discourse was different from what the apostle preached to...
OLBGrk; MARS HILL: SEE POOLE ON "ACTS 17:19". TOO SUPERSTITIOUS; sometimes this word is taken in a good sense; many then, as now, taking superstition to be religion. But it is often taken in a bad sen...
22-31. After persevering, but necessarily disconnected conversational efforts on the streets, Paul has now an audience assembled for the special purpose of hearing him, and may present his theme in a...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I eeded anything, seeing He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; and hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and...
Acts 17:22 Then G1161 Paul G3972 stood G2476 (G5685) in G1722 midst G3319 Areopagus G697 said G5346 ...
‘And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, “You men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that you are very religious. For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I f...
EFFECTIVE MINISTRY IN ATHENS (17:15-34). His Berean guides saw Paul safely to Athens. This had not been where he was originally aiming for. After Thessalonica his intention had probably been to procee...
Acts 17:22. IN THE MIDST OF MARS' HILL, or ‘in the midst of the Areopagus.' Wordsworth thus describes the place: ‘Sixteen stone steps, cut in the rock at its south-east angle, lead up to the hill of t...
STOOD IN THE MIDST OF THE AREOPAGUS (σταθεις εν μεσω του Αρειου Παγου). First aorist passive of ιστημ used of Peter in Acts 2:14. Majestic figure whether on Mars Hill or in the Stoa Basilica before...
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...
PAUL STOOD UP. Many seem to think Paul made a great mistake in what he said to this group, and see a resolve never to repeat this error in what he says in 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. But this cannot be! Paul...
_Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill._ NOVELTY ATTRACTIVE Yes, the people gathered in crowds round the statue, and looked at it again and again. It was not the finest work of art in the city,...
_And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athena _ PAUL AT ATHENS I. The place which the apostle visited. Athens. II. The feelings of which he was the subject. Not of admiration at the masterp...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:22 Paul’s Areopagus address is the prime example in Acts 1:1 of preaching to Gentiles who have no knowledge of the OT....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 17:22. TOO SUPERSTITIONS.—Somewhat superstitious (R.V.); better, _more god-fearing_, more religious (_sc._, than others)—_i.e._, unusually religious; though the word has both...
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...
Acts 17:16; Acts 17:19; Acts 19:35; Acts 25:19; Jeremiah 10:2;...
I perceive [θ ε ω ρ ω]. I regard you, in my careful observation of you. See on Luke 10:18. Too superstitious [δ ε ι σ ι δ α ι μ ο ν ε σ τ ε ρ ο υ ς]. This rendering and that of the Rev., somewhat supe...
Then Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus — An ample theatre; said — Giving them a lecture of natural divinity, with admirable wisdom, acuteness, fulness, and courtesy. They inquire after new t...
As if the apostle had said, "Ye men of Athens have. great number of gods, whom ye ignorantly worship: the God, therefore, whom ye acknowledge not to know, and yet profess to worship, is he that. preac...