Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Acts 17:6
That have turned the world upside down— "Have caused great confusion and disturbance in every place through which they have passed."
That have turned the world upside down— "Have caused great confusion and disturbance in every place through which they have passed."
Verse Acts 17:6. _THESE THAT HAVE TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN ARE COME_ _HITHER ALSO_] The very character our forefathers had for preaching that Gospel, in every part of the land, by which the nation...
THESE THAT HAVE TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN - That have excited commotion and disturbance in other places. The charge has been often brought against the gospel that it has been the occasion of confus...
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...
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...
IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
WHEN, &C. = not (Greek. _me_. App-105) having found them. DREW. were dragging. Greek. _suro._ See note on John 21:8. BRETHREN. The believers of Acts 17:4. UNTO. before. Greek. _epi._ App-104. RULER...
_they drew Jason_ The word is expressive of considerable violence. Better, " DRAGGED." It is used of Saul (Acts 8:3) "haling" men and women, and committing them to prison. _certain brethren_ We see t...
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...
ἜΣΥΡΟΝ ἸΆΣΟΝΑ, _they dragged Jason_. σύρειν is expressive of considerable violence. It is used (Acts 8:3) of Saul, ‘haling’ men and women and committing them to prison. On Jason’s conduct, Chrysostom...
_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...
ΕΎΡΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΕΎΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить, ΈΣΥΡΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΣΎΡΩ (G4951) тащить, ΠΟΛΙΤΆΡΧΗΣ (G4173) правитель города. В основном используется как македонский титул чл...
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 found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; AND WHEN THEY FOUND THEM...
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...
17:6 politarchs, (f-13) The special title of the city magistrates of Thessalonica....
THE RULERS] The Gk. word used here (_politarchai,_ a rare and peculiar one) is proved to be correct by an inscription on an arch, which also contains the names Sosipater, Gaius, and Secundus....
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...
UNTO THE RULERS OF THE CITY. — The Greek term here, _politarchæ,_ is a very peculiar one, and occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, nor, indeed, in any classical writer. Aristotle, whose _Politics...
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...
ἔσυρον : the word indicates the violence of the mob. πολιτάρχας : the word is an excellent instance of the accuracy of St. Luke; it is not used by any classical author of the magistrates of any city ...
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 found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the (b) world upside down are come hither also; (b) Into whatever countr...
_Who disturb the city, [2] put it in an uproar. In the ordinary Greek copies, for the city, we read the whole world. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Qui urbem concitant, in the common Greek copies, _Greek:...
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...
− 6._Those men who have troubled the whole world. _This is the state of the gospel, to have those uproars which Satan raiseth imputeth to it. This is also the malicousness of the enemies of Christ, to...
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 FOUND THEM NOT,.... In Jason's house, as they expected: THEY DREW JASON, AND CERTAIN BRETHREN: the Syriac version adds, "who were there": in Jason's house, who either came along with th...
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Ver. 6. _Turned the world, &...
_But the Jews which believed not_, &c. Although many Jews at Thessalonica received and heartily embraced the truth, there were many who rejected it, and that, as it afterward appeared, with much malig...
AND WHEN THEY FOUND THEM NOT, THEY DREW JASON AND CERTAIN BRETHREN UNTO THE RULERS OF THE CITY, CRYING, THESE THAT HAVE TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN ARE COME HITHER ALSO;...
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...
BUT WHEN THEY DID NOT FIND THEM, THEY DRAGGED JASON AND SOME BRETHREN TO THE RULERS OF THE CITY, CRYING OUT, " THESE WHO HAVE TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN HAVE COME HERE TOO. 1. Paul and Silas were n...
"When they did not find them" Paul and Silas were actually somewhere else. "They began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities" "Someone usually suffers the wrath of. mob like thi...
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...
Being withdrawn, to avoid the popular rage against them, they charge innovation upon them, as knowing how jealous rulers are of any alteration. Thus whatsoever mischief befell the state, or whatsoever...
Acts 17:6 But G1161 not G3361 find G2147 (G5631) them G846 dragged G4951 (G5707) Jason G2394 and...
‘And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down are come here also, whom Jason has receive...
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 17:6. UNTO THE RULERS OF THE CITY. Literally, ‘unto the politarchs.' Thessalonica was a ‘free city' _(urbs libera)._ This privilege of ‘freedom' was only bestowed by Rome upon certain favoured ci...
WHEN THEY FOUND THEM NOT (μη ευροντες). Usual negative μη with the participle in the _Koine_, second aorist (effective) active participle, complete failure with all the noise and "bums."THEY DRAGGE...
DREW dragged. See margin reference, (_ See Scofield) - (Acts 16:19). _...
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...
_These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also._ THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN This is just an old version of an oft-repeated story. It was laid to the charge of our Master that He...
_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...
UPSIDE DOWN AND RIGHT SIDE UP These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Acts 17:6. When we read those words I think our first inclination is to smile; they are such “upside...
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)....
_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...
1 Kings 18:17; 1 Kings 18:18; Acts 16:19; Acts 16:20; Acts 18:12;...
Rulers of the city [π ο λ ι τ α ρ χ α ς]. Another illustration of Luke's accuracy. Note that the magistrates are called by a different name from those at Philippi. Thessalonica was not a colony, but a...