Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
Acts 17:9
So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
1. These leaders found a compromise.
2. They kept Jason and allowed the rest to go free.
So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
1. These leaders found a compromise.
2. They kept Jason and allowed the rest to go free.
ACTS 17:9 kai. labo,ntej On the strength of syrhmg, with indirect support from Ephraem, A. C. Clark prints oi` me.n ou=n polita,rcai labo,ntej. The reading, however, appears to be an obvious ameliora...
Verse Acts 17:9. _TAKEN SECURITY_] λαβοντες το ικανον, _Having taken what_ _was sufficient_, or _satisfactory_. _Sufficient_ for the present, to prove that the apostles were upright, peaceable, and lo...
AND WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN SECURITY OF JASON - This is an expression taken from courts, and means that Jason and the other gave satisfaction to the magistrates for the good conduct of Paul and Silas, or...
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...
SECURITY. Greek. _to hikanon,_ that which is sufficient, i.e., "substantial bail". OF. from. Greek. _para._ App-104. THE OTHER. the rest (plural) App-124. LET THEM GO. released them as in Acts 16:3...
_And when they had taken security of Jason_ i.e. having made him responsible either by his finding securities to be bound with and for him, or by making him give some deposit as a pledge for his good...
ΚΑῚ ΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ ΤῸ ἹΚΑΝῸΝ ΠΑΡᾺ ΤΟΥ͂ ἸΆΣΟΝΟΣ, _and when they had taken security of Jason_, i.e. having made him responsible either by his finding securities to be bound with and for him, or by making him...
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...
_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...
ΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part._ (temp), ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать, ΊΚΑΝΌΝ (G2425) _acc. sing._ удостоверение, поручительство. Это эквивалент латинского satis accipere, который используется в связи с предложе...
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...
See notes on verse 5...
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go. AND WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN SECURITY (OR 'BAIL') OF JASON, AND OF THE OTHER, [ toon (G3588) loipoon (G3062)] - rather, 'of...
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...
TAKEN SECURITY] The immediate departure of Paul and Silas renders it probable that Jason gave security that St. Paul would leave the city, and that the Apostle assented to this undertaking, and was th...
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...
AND WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN SECURITY OF JASON. — The Greek noun, probably used as an equivalent for the Latin _satis accipere,_ in common use in legal language, is a technical one (literally, _the suffici...
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...
λαβόντες τὸ ἱκανὸν = _satis sccipere_ (_cf._ Mark 15:15, and Wetstein, _in loco_). Blass regards the phrase as a commercial one, due to the frequency of commercial intercourse, and _cf._ Acts 5:31; Ac...
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...
And when they had taken (c) security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go. (c) When Jason had put them in good assurance that they would appear....
Meanwhile the unbelieving Jews, mad and jealous of the Gentiles, run round and stir up the uncouth rabble, assault the house of Jason where the apostles were lodging, aiming to kill them, but the Lord...
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...
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...
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...
AND WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN SECURITY OF JASON, AND OF THE OTHER,.... That is, received satisfaction from them, by the defence which they made for themselves, and the apostles, by the account that they gav...
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go. Ver. 9. _When they had taken security_] It was happy that security would be taken, till the heat was over. For, " _Ut f...
_And they troubled the people and the rulers_ As the charge was formed in such a manner that their neglecting it might render them obnoxious to the Romans, both the multitude and the magistrates of th...
TAKEN SECURITY OF JASON; exacted a bond of him, by which he was made responsible that no disturbance should be caused by the presence of Paul and Silas. In accordance with this they were immediately s...
AND WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN SECURITY OF JASON AND OF THE OTHER, THEY LET THEM GO. The experience which Paul had had in Pisidian Antioch, chap. 13:50, was here repeated. The great mass of the Jews refused...
The tumult raised by the Jews:...
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...
"And when they had received. pledge from Jason and the others, they released them" Apparently this pledge was in the form of. monetary bond or some other security they were forced to put up. Now Jason...
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...
HAD TAKEN SECURITY; either being satisfied with their answer, or having bail for their appearance, if need were; the word only hinting their being satisfied, or contented, as MARK 15:15....
Peter of Alexandria Canonical Epistle For after that they had been very burdensome to them for his name, and had troubled the people and the rulers of the city, "having taken security," he says, "of...
Acts 17:9 So G2532 taken G2983 (G5631) security G2425 from G3844 Jason G2394 and G2532 rest G3062 let...
‘And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.' Both the crowds (those who had b...
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 17:9. AND WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN SECURITY OF JASON, AND OF THE OTHER. Better, ‘of Jason and of the rest,' ‘the rest' including those other believers who had been arrested at the time of the tumult....
WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN SECURITY (λαβοντες το ικανον). A Greek idiom=Latin _satis accipere_, to receive the sufficient (bond), usually money for the fulfilment of the judgment. Probably the demand was m...
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...
BUT THE JEWS WERE JEALOUS. As usual, those who did not believe were filled with hatred. AND ATTACKED THE HOME OF JASON. Paul and Silas had been staying with him (Acts 17:7). TO THE CITY AUTHORITIES. I...
_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)....
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:9 The MONEY AS SECURITY was given as a guarantee that there would be no more disruptions as a result of Paul’s preaching. It probably meant that Paul would have to leave Thessalon...
_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...
Security [τ ο ι κ α ν ο ν]. See on Luke 7:6. Bail, either personal or by a deposit of money. A law term. They engaged that the public peace should not be violated, and that the authors of the disturba...