Acts 17:3

CHRIST The Christ, that is, that, according to the Scriptures, the Messiah must die and rise again. That Jesus was the Messiah was the second part of his argument.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 17:12

THEREFORE Illustrates (John 5:46). Believing the Old Testament they believed the Gospel. HONOURABLE Greek women of honourable estate.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 17:18

EPICUREANS Disciples of Epicurus, B.C. 342-271, who abandoned as hopeless the search by reason for pure truth, compare (John 18:38), seeking instead true pleasure through experience. STOICKS Disciples of Zeno, B.C. 280, and Chrysippus, B.C. 240. This philosophy was founded on human self-sufficien... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 17:29

OFFSPRING OF GOD (Greek, "genos", means "race"). The reference is to the creation-work of God in which He made man (i.e. mankind, the race in Adam) in his own likeness, (Genesis 1:26); (Genesis 1:27); thus rebuking the thought that "the Godhead is like unto gold," etc. The word "Father" is not used... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 17:30

REPENT Repentance is the translation of a (Greek, "metanoeō") "metanoia-metanoeo", which means "to have another mind," "to change the mind," and is used in the New Testament to indicate a change of mind in respect of sin, of God, and of self. This change of mind may, especially in the case of Chri... [ Continue Reading ]

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