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ACTS 17:31 evn avndri, {A}
After avndri, several Western witnesses (D vgms and Irenaeus) add the
identifying VIhsou/....
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Verse 31. _HE HATH APPOINTED A DAY_] He has fixed the time in which he
will judge the world, though he has not revealed this time to man.
_BY_ THAT _MAN WHOM HE HATH ORDAINED_] He has also appointed...
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BECAUSE HE HATH APPOINTED A DAY - This is given as a reason why God
commands people to repent. They must be judged; and if they are not
penitent and pardoned, they must be condemned. See the notes on...
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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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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...
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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...
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IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
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HATH. Omit.
WILL. is about to.
JUDGE. Greek. _krino._ App-122.1.
RIGHTEOUSNESS. Greek. _dikaiosune_ App-191.
THAT. a
ORDAINED. Same as "determined", Acts 17:26.
WHEREOF, &C. = having afforded....
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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...
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_because he hath appointed_, &c. The day of judgment had long ago been
appointed in God's foreknowledge, but through Christ man's
resurrection and immortality have been made more clear. He knows now,...
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ΚΑΘΌΤΙ ἜΣΤΗΣΕΝ ἩΜΈΡΑΝ Κ.Τ.Λ., _because He hath
appointed a day_, &c. The day of judgment had, in God’s
foreknowledge, been long ago appointed. But through Christ the
certainty has been made clear to m...
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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...
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_A SERMON ABOUT THE ONE TRUE GOD ACTS 17:24-34:_ In his sermon Paul
showed that the true God_ _ made the world and all things therein.
This God is Lord of heaven and earth. He gives to all life, and
b...
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ΚΑΘΌΤΙ (G2530) ввиду того, что. ΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ _aor.
ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) назначать,
избирать,
ΚΡΊΝΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919)
судить. Используется с ΜΈΛΛΕΙ для
выражения будущего,
ΈΝ Ά...
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DISCOURSE: 1791
A DAY APPOINTED FOE CHRIST TO JUDGE THE WORLD
Acts 17:31. _He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the
world in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained; whereof he...
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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 -...
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See notes on verse 22...
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Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world
in righteousness by that man whom Because he hath appointed a day, in
the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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St. Paul was accustomed, in preaching to the heathen, to lead up to
the idea of a judgment to come (Acts 24:25). HATH GIVEN ASSURANCE]
viz. that He will be the Judge. The Resurrection of Jesus is the...
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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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BECAUSE HE HATH APPOINTED A DAY. — Here the speaker would seem, to
both sets of hearers, to be falling back into popular superstition.
Minos and Rhadamanthus, and Tartarus and the Elysian Fields, — th...
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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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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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διότι καθότι, R.V., see critical note, only found in St.
Luke = _quia_ (Blass) in Luke 1:7; Luke 19:9; Acts 2:24; Acts 2:45;...
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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...
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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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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...
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Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world
in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he
hath given (r) assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised...
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_Because he hath appointed a day for judging all men with equity, by
the man, to wit, Christ Jesus, a man, and also his true Son, whom he
has appointed to be their judge; and by raising him (Jesus) fr...
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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...
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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...
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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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_THE RESURRECTION AND THE JUDGMENT_
‘Whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath
raised Him from the dead.’
Acts 17:31
On two thoughts—righteousness in _ God_ and responsibility i...
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31._Because he hath appointed a day. _He maketh mention of the last
judgment, that he may awake them out of their dream. For we know how
hard a matter it is for men to deny themselves. Therefore, th...
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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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BECAUSE HE HATH APPOINTED A DAY,.... The day of judgment is fixed by
God in his eternal purposes, and is sure and certain, and will come,
though it is not known by men or angels; and this is a reason...
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Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world
in righteousness by _that_ man whom he hath ordained; _whereof_ he
hath given assurance unto all _men_, in that he hath raised him...
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_And the times of this ignorance_ What! Does he object ignorance to
the learned and knowing Athenians? Yes, and they acknowledged it by
this very altar; _God winked at_ Greek, υπεριδων, _having_
overl...
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THAT MAN; Jesus Christ.
ORDAINED; appointed for this purpose.
ASSURANCE; conclusive evidence. A day of searching and righteous
judgment is coming, when each and all must stand before an omniscient
an...
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BECAUSE HE HATH APPOINTED A DAY IN THE WHICH HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD
IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY THAT MAN WHOM HE HATH ORDAINED; WHEREOF HE HATH
GIVEN ASSURANCE UNTO ALL MEN IN THAT HE HATH RAISED HIM FROM TH...
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The conclusion of Paul and the effect of his sermon:...
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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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BECAUSE HE HAS APPOINTED A DAY ON WHICH HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY THE MAN WHOM HE HAS ORDAINED. HE HAS GIVEN ASSURANCE
OF THIS TO ALL BY RAISING HIM FROM THE DEAD. "
1. There is a c...
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HATH GIVEN ASSURANCE:
Or, offered faith...
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"inasmuch as He hath appointed. day in which He will judge the world
in righteousness by the man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath
given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from th...
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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...
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HE HATH APPOINTED A DAY, IN THE WHICH HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD: that
God will judge the world his enemies have with trembling acknowledged,
but when God will judge the world he hath concealed from his...
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Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
in heaven and on earth are subject. Him every spirit serves. He comes
as the Judge of the living and the dead.[12]...
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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...
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“The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked, but now he
commands men that they should all everywhere repent, inasmuch as he
has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness
b...
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Acts 17:31. BECAUSE HE HATH APPOINTED A DAY IN THE WHICH HE WILL JUDGE
THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. The Greek word translated ‘because' is
better rendered ‘inasmuch as.' This statement gives the reason...
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INASMUCH AS
(καθοτ). According as (κατα, οτ). Old causal conjunction,
but in N.T. only used in Luke's writings (Luke 1:7; Luke 19:9; Acts
2:45; Acts 4:35;...
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WORLD
(Greek, "oikoumenē", means "inhabited earth").
(_ See Scofield) - (Luke 2:1). _...
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Acts 17:26
St. Paul at Athens.
I. The Jewish nation had existed to be a witness for this universal
fellowship among the nations. It had existed as a witness against that
which tended to divide them a...
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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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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...
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_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...
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_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,...
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_Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will Judge the world
in righteousness._
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
I. There shall be a day of judgment.
1. “A particular judgment.” At the day of death th...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:31 HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD. God will hold all
people accountable. RAISING HIM FROM THE DEAD. Jesus is not just a
religious teacher. Jesus’ resurrection is the heart of God’s plan...
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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....
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_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...
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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 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Peter
3:7;...
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He hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world — How fitly
does he speak this, in their supreme court of justice? By the man —
So he speaks, suiting himself to the capacity of his hearers. W...
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These words are an argument or motive to enforce the foregoing duty of
repentance; God requires every man, every where, and that now
immediately, to forsake their idols and sinful ways; because he hat...