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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 _...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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CONTENTS
Paul and Silas prosecute their Circuit of preaching the Word through
Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens. We have an awful Account of the
latter....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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AMPHIPOLIS; the chief city of the first or eastern division of
Macedonia.
THESSALONICA; the capital of the second division of Macedonia....
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PAUL AND SILAS IN THESSALONICA AND BEREA.
Preaching at Thessalonica:...
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NOW WHEN THEY HAD PASSED THROUGH AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA, THEY CAME
TO THESSALONICA, WHERE WAS A SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWS;...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 17:1 Now G1161 through G1353 (G5660) Amphipolis G295 and G2532
Apollonia G624 came G2064 (G5627) to...
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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...
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‘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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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)....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Timothy 4:10; Acts 14:1;...
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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...
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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...