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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Acts 17 - Introduction

* Paul at Thessalonica. (1-9) The noble conduct of the Bereans. (10-15) Paul at Athens. (16-21) He preaches there. (22-31) The scornful conduct of the Athenians. (32-34)

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _PAUL PREACHETH AT THESSALONICA; WHERE SOME BELIEVE, AND OTHERS PERSECUTE HIM: HE IS SENT TO BEREA, AND PREACHETH THERE: BEING PERSECUTED AT THESSALONICA, HE COMETH TO ATHENS, AND DISPUTETH, AND PREAC...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:2 up; (a-21) The word means 'receiving,' but with the prefix ( _ ana_ ) 'up,' as here, it has the active sense of 'taking up.' It is so translated except in 1 Timothy 3:16 . The more passive recepti...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CHAPTER 17 THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (PAUL AND SILAS)—CONTINUED § 1. Paul and Silas in Thessalonica; or, Mingled Experiences of Success and Persecution (Acts 17:1). § 2. Paul and Silas at Berœ...

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