Acts 17:4

Acts 17:4. And some of them believed. The work of Paul in the synagogue was not unsuccessful. The account of the ‘converted' in this verse probably relates to the Jews and proselytes and devout Gentiles who worshipped with the Jews. In 1 Thessalonians 1:9, Paul alludes to many members of the church in Thessalonica who had evidently been idolaters. This work among the idolaters no doubt took place after the three Sabbaths of Acts 17:2, and before the events related in connection with Jason, Acts 17:5-10.

The devout Greeks. Some of these were proselytes, others religious Gentiles, who, without conforming to all the Jewish rites and customs, worshipped with the Jews in the synagogue services.

Of the chief women. These were the wives and daughters of the principal merchants and influential men of Thessalonica, who were attached as proselytes or simply as religious God-fearing men to the Jewish worship.