Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 17:12
Many of the — Of the Jews. And of the Grecian women — Who were followed by their husbands.
Many of the — Of the Jews. And of the Grecian women — Who were followed by their husbands.
ACTS 17:12 After beginning the verse with a rather banal observation, tine.j me.n ou=n auvtw/n evpi,steusan( ti,nej de. hvpi,sthsan (“Some of them, therefore, believed, but some did not believe,” cf....
Verse Acts 17:12. _THEREFORE MANY OF THEM BELIEVED_] From the manner in which they heard, received, and examined the word preached to them, it was not likely they could be deceived. And, as it was the...
THEREFORE MANY OF THEM BELIEVED - As the result of their examination. This result will commonly follow when people search the Scriptures. Much is gained when people can be induced to examine the Bible...
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...
THROUGH BERŒ A TO ATHENS. Berœ a was a populous place but off the main route. Paul and Silas at once go to the synagogue; by this time we should think they could scarcely look to the synagogue with ho...
The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Beroea by night. When they arrived there they came into the synagogue of the Jews. These were men of finer character than those in Thessalonica and...
IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
BELIEVED. App-150. HONOURABLE. Greek. _euschemon._ See note on Acts 13:50; Mark 15:43. MEN. Greek. _aner._ App-123....
_also of honourable women_ The same word is found Acts 13:50, of the women of Antioch in Pisidia, and signifies that they were of honourable estate, distinguished for their position, influence and wea...
PAUL AND SILAS SENT AWAY TO BERŒA. NOBLE CHARACTER OF THE BERŒANS. THE JEWS FROM THESSALONICA FOLLOW AFTER PAUL, AND BY REASON OF THEIR ENMITY HE IS CONDUCTED TO ATHENS...
ΤΩ͂Ν ἙΛΛΗΝΊΔΩΝ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩ͂Ν ΤΩ͂Ν ΕΥ̓ΣΧΗΜΌΝΩΝ, _of honourable women which were Greeks_. See above on Acts 13:50. The adjective Ἑλληνίς agrees in gender with γυναικῶν because it stands before that word in...
_THE NOBLE CONDUCT OF THE BEREANS ACTS 17:10-15:_ Out of love for their spiritual fathers and concern for their safety the brethren sent Paul and Silas to Berea. They were sent out at night to preserv...
ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΈΎΩ (G4100) верить, доверять, ΕΥΣΧΉΜΩΝ (G2158) уважаемый, благородный, относится к внешности, наружному поведению, высокоморальному поведению, или к высшим слоям об...
DISCOURSE: 1789 THE GOOD EFFECTS OF A CANDID ATTENTION TO THE GOSPEL Acts 17:11. _These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and sear...
AT BEREA. Acts 17:10 b - Acts 17:14 a. Acts 17:10 b unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogues of the Jews. Acts 17:11
12. If the claims of Jesus are false, an honest and thorough investigation of them is the best way to prove them so. If they are true, such an investigation will be certain to convince us and to bless...
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. THEREFORE MANY OF THEM BELIEVED - convinced that Jesus of Nazareth, whom Paul preached, was inde...
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...
THEREFORE MANY OF THEM BELIEVED. — The narrator dwells with satisfaction on the fact that at Berœa there were many Jewish as well as Gentile converts. Among the latter there were, as at Thessalonica,...
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...
See critical note and Ramsay, _Church in the Roman Empire, u. s._ As at Thessalonica, so here the Apostles' work extended beyond the limits of the synagogue. Ἑλληνίδων : the term relates to the men as...
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 Berea Paul and Silas immediately entered the synagogue to teach. Rather than base their decisions on the traditional teachings of man, the Bereans carefully examined the word of God to de...
Now leaving Timothy at Thessalonica to continue the meeting, Paul, Silas and Luke continue their journey southward, fifty-seven miles to Berea, also a prominent city, where there is a synagogue of the...
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. (11) These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they r...
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...
_THE STORY OF THE BEREANS_ ‘These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were s...
− 12._And many believed. _This is not referred unto the sentence next going before, as if those of whom he spake began to believe, making choice of some of them: for that were an absurd thing. But Luk...
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...
THEREFORE MANY OF THEM BELIEVED,.... What the apostle preached, and in Jesus of Nazareth, as the true Messiah, and professed their faith in him, upon finding, through reading and searching the Scriptu...
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. Ver. 12. _Therefore many of them believed_] There are certain abilities and actions we have, and ma...
_These were more noble_, &c. Greek, ευγενεστεροι, _more ingenuous_, or _generous;_ of a more excellent disposition, more open to conviction, as being less blinded by prejudice. To be teachable in the...
THEREFORE MANY OF THEM BELIEVED; ALSO OF HONORABLE WOMEN WHICH WERE GREEKS, AND OF MEN, NOT A FEW....
Preaching in Berea:...
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...
THEREFORE MANY OF THEM BELIEVED, AND ALSO NOT A FEW OF THE GREEKS, PROMINENT WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN. 1. Many from Berea believed. Not because Paul said it. But because they had confirmed the message an...
"Many of them therefore believed" Because faith is the natural result of such an honest investigation (Romans 10:17). Please note that unbelievers or atheists are not produced by. honest investigation...
10-15 The Jews in Berea applied seriously to the study of the word preached unto them. They not only heard Paul preach on the sabbath, but daily searched the Scriptures, and compared what they read w...
God blessing his own gifts, and giving still unto them that had, and made use of them. And would we also _lay aside all filthiness, and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingraf...
12. If the claims of Jesus are false, an honest and thorough investigation of them is the best way to prove them so. If they are true, such an investigation will be certain to convince us and to bless...
Acts 17:12 Therefore G3767 G3303 many G4183 of G1537 them G846 believed G4100 (G5656) and G2532 not...
‘Many of them therefore believed, also of the Greek women of honourable estate, and of men, not a few.' The result again was that ‘many' believed, including ‘many' Greek women of honourable estate and...
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...
Acts 17:12. ALSO OF HONOURABLE WOMEN WHICH WERE GREEKS, AND OF MEN NOT A FEW. To these Jews who accepted the doctrines preached by Paul were added a number of Gentiles, some, of course, proselytes, bu...
MANY THEREFORE (Πολλο μεν ουν). As a result of this Bible study.ALSO OF THE GREEK WOMEN OF HONOURABLE ESTATE . The word Hελληνις means Greek woman, but the word γυνη is added. In particular women...
THEREFORE Illustrates (John 5:46). Believing the Old Testament they believed the Gospel. HONOURABLE Greek women of honourable estate....
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...
THE BROTHERS SENT PAUL AND SILAS TO BEREA. Between forty-five and sixty miles west of Thessalonica. THE PEOPLE THERE WERE MORE OPEN-MINDED. They were willing to investigate the claims of Paul and Sila...
_Therefore many of them believed._ THE GOSPEL AND THE CLASSES 1. They “believed”--a little word, but a great thing--the step by which they passed from condemnation to peace; from the house on the san...
_And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas unto Berea … These were more noble than those in Thessalonica._ FROM THESSALONICA TO BEREA 1. Paul and Silas were sent away “by night.” That is...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:10 Paul and Silas fled to Berea, 50 miles (81 km) by road southwest of Thessalonica. ⇐ ⇔
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 17:10. BŒREA.—Presently _Pheria_, south-west of Thessalonica, and fifty-one miles distant. Acts 17:12. MANY OF THEM BELIEVED.—_Codex Bezœ_ adds, “And some disbelieved.” The a...
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 Corinthians 1:26; Acts 13:50; Acts 13:46; Acts 14:1; Acts 17:2;...
Honorable women. See on verse 4, and Mark 14:43....