Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 17:33
See notes on verse 32
See notes on verse 32
Verse Acts 17:33. _SO PAUL DEPARTED FROM AMONG THEM._] He could not be convicted of having done any thing contrary to the law; and, when the assembly broke up, he was permitted to go about his own bus...
SO PAUL DEPARTED - Seeing there was little hope of saving them. It was not his custom to labor long in a barren field, or to preach where there was no prospect of success....
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...
IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
When they heard of a resurrection of dead men, some mocked and some said, "We will hear about this again"; but some attached themselves to him and believed. Amongst these were Dionysius the Areopagite...
FROM AMONG THEM. out of (Greek. _ek_ App-104.) the midst of them....
EFFECT OF ST PAUL’S SPEECH. SOME MOCKED, BUT OTHERS BELIEVED...
καὶ before ΟὝΤΩΣ omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. has only ‘sic.’ 33. ἘΞΗ͂ΛΘΕΝ ἘΚ ΜΈΣΟΥ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν, _he departed from among them_. Clearly being free to go when he pleased, though it may surprise us that he did...
_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...
ΈΞΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить....
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 -...
So Paul departed from among them. SO PAUL DEPARTED FROM AMONG THEM. Whether he would have opened, to any extent, the Gospel scheme in this address, if he had not been interrupted, or whether he re...
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...
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...
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...
οὕτως : may mean, with this scanty result, or simply, after these events, in this state of the popular mind, with an expectation of being heard again (Alford); “ancipiti auditorum obsequio; nullo edit...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
SO PAUL DEPARTED FROM AMONG THEM. As it was high time, when they fell to deriding and scoffing at him; for hereby they judged themselves unworthy of the Gospel ministry: the Ethiopic version adds, "fr...
So Paul departed from among them. Ver. 33. _So Paul departed_] They said they would hear him again at better leisure εις αυριον τα σπουδαια, as that trifler said), but they never had another opportun...
_So Paul departed from among them_ Leaving his hearers divided in their judgment, and the generality of them in that deplorable state of ignorance, folly, and superstition, in which he found them; bei...
SO PAUL DEPARTED FROM AMONG THEM....
The conclusion of Paul and the effect of his sermon:...
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...
SO PAUL DEPARTED FROM AMONG THEM. 34 However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them. 1. While some mocked and some wante...
"Thus Paul went out from among them. But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and. woman named Damaris, and others with them"But certain men clave un...
32-34 The apostle was treated with more outward civility at Athens than in some other places; but none more despised his doctrine, or treated it with more indifference. Of all subjects, that which de...
Leaving what he had said to God's blessing and their consideration....
Acts 17:33 So G2532 G3779 Paul G3972 departed G1831 (G5627) from G1537 among G3319 them G846...
‘Thus Paul went out from among them.' Having completed his words Paul went out from among them. We are hardly right to suggest that he stopped short in order to do so. And there is no suggestion that...
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...
Acts 17:33. SO PAUL DEPARTED FROM AMONG THEM. We never hear of his visiting Athens again, nor does he ever in any of his subsequently written letters make mention of the beautiful idol city. Meyer sug...
THUS PAUL WENT OUT FROM AMONG THEM (ουτως ο Παυλος εξηλθεν εκ μεσου αυτων). No further questions, no effort to arrest him, no further ridicule. He walked out never to return to Athens. Had he faile...
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...
SOME OF THEM MADE FUN OF HIM. Many want to believe that death "ends it all." Some wanted to hear him talk about this again. This does not show any great interest, and Athens does not seem to have been...
_And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked._ MOCKING AT THE TRUTH “This has been one of the worst nights,” says Mr. Bampton, an Indian missionary, “I ever endured. Mockery! moc...
_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...
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....
_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...
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...
So Paul departed — Leaving his hearers divided in their judgment....