Before appointed [π ρ ο τ ε τ α γ μ ε ν ο υ ς]. The Rev., properly, omits before, following the reading of the best texts, prostetagmenouv, assigned.
Bounds [ο ρ ο θ ε σ ι α ς]. Only here in New Testament. The word, in the singular, means the fixing of boundaries, and so is transferred to the fixed boundaries themselves.
ACTS 17:26 evx e`no,j {B} The Western text, with the support of a wide range of early versions and patristic witnesses, adds ai[matoj after e`no,j. This reading passed into the Textus Receptus and li...
Verse Acts 17:26. _HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD_] In AB, some others, with the _Coptic, AEthiopic, Vulgate, Itala, Clement_, and _Bede_, the word αιματος, _blood_, is omitted. _He hath made of one_ (meaning...
AND HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD - All the families of mankind are descended from one origin or stock. However different their complexion, features, or language, yet they are derived from a common parent. T...
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...
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...
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...
IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
ONE BLOOD. The texts omit "blood". The "one" here means either Adam, or the dust of which he was formed. One (Greek. _heis)_ is sometimes used for. certain one (Greek. _tis)_. See Matthew 8:19; Matthe...
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...
_and hath made of one blood_ All the best MSS. omit the word "blood." And this seems to bring out more fully what the Apostle desires to dwell on; the Fatherhood of God. It is not that men are all of...
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...
αἵματος omitted with אAB. Not represented in _Vulg_. ΠΡΟΣΤΕΤΑΓΜΈΝΟΥΣ with אABDEHLP. _Vulg_. ‘statuta tempora.’ 26. ἘΠΟΊΗΣΈΝ ΤΕ ἘΞ ἙΝῸΣ ΠΑ͂Ν ἜΘΝΟΣ�, _and hath made of one every nation of men_. Thus wo...
_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...
ΈΠΟΊΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 17:24. ΚΑΤΟΙΚΕΪ́Ν _praes. act. inf., см._ Acts 17:24. _Inf._ в роли _obj._ ΌΡΊΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΌΡΊΖΩ (G3724) отмечать границы, определять. _Aor. part._ от...
AND HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS, &C.— Παν εθνος ανθρωπων, _the whole generation of men._ By this expression the apostle shewed them, in the most unaffected manner, that though he was a Jew, he...
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 -...
See notes on verse 22...
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; AND HATH MADE OF ONE BLO...
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...
The Apostle rebukes the narrow pride of the Greeks, who divided mankind into Greeks and barbarians, the latter being of no account. The Stoics, who believed in the spiritual equality OF ALL MEN, WOULD...
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...
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...
AND HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS OF MEN. — Literally, _every nation._ The previous verses had given what we may venture to call St. Paul’s Philosophy of Religion. This gives his Philosophy of Hi...
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...
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...
“And he hath made of one every nation of men for to dwell,” R.V., so also A.V. takes ἐποίησε separately from κατοικεῖν, not “caused to dwell”; ἐποίησε, _cf._ Acts 17:24, he made, _i.e._, created of on...
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...
(14) And hath made of (o) one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; (14) God is wonde...
_“And of one_ [_i. e_., one man, Adam; _“blood,”_ as in E. V., not in the original] _he made every race of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth.”_ Having first expounded to them the God of Pr...
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...
− 26._And he hath made of one blood. _Paul doth now show unto the men of Athens to what end mankind was created, that he may by this means invite and exhort them to consider the end of their life. Thi...
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 HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD,.... That is, of one man's blood; the Vulgate Latin version reads, "of one"; and the Arabic version of De Dieu reads, "of one man"; of Adam, the first parent of all mankind,...
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; Ver. 26. _And hath made of...
Acts 17:26, 27. "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they...
_God that made the world_ Thus is demonstrated, even to reason, the one, true, good God; absolutely different from the creatures, from every part of the visible creation. _Seeing he is Lord of heaven...
HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD; caused all men to spring from one family. TIMES-BOUNDS; the countries where they should live, and the periods during which they should occupy them. As all the human race are th...
AND HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS OF MEN FOR TO DWELL ON ALL THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND HATH DETERMINED THE TIMES BEFORE APPOINTED, AND THE BOUNDS OF THEIR HABITATION,...
The first part of Paul's speech:...
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...
AND HE HAS MADE FROM ONE BLOOD EVERY NATION OF MEN TO DWELL ON ALL THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND HAS DETERMINED THEIR PREAPPOINTED TIMES AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR DWELLINGS, 1. Interested in Humanity...
"and He made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation"He made of one" The particular one was Adam...
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...
HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD: 1. To teach all charity and compassion towards one another, being so nearly allied to one another. 2. As also to admire God more in that variety that appears in men's shapes a...
Acts 17:26 And G5037 made G4160 (G5656) from G1537 one G1520 blood G129 every G3956 nation G1484 men...
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...
“And he made out of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation, that they should seek God, if haply th...
Acts 17:26. AND HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS OF MEN. Here Paul definitely asserts that God created the whole human race from one common stock. His reasons for this deliberate assertion of the co...
AND HE MADE OF ONE (εποιησεν τε εξ ενος). The word αιματος (blood) is absent from Aleph A B and is a later explanatory addition. What Paul affirms is the unity of the human race with a common origin...
BLOOD "Blood" is not in the best manuscripts. R.V. omits....
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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,...
_And hath made of one blood all the nations._ ALL OF ONE BLOOD 1. This is not the gospel, but it is the foundation on which the gospel builds--that humanity is one; that race distinctions are superfi...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:26 ONE MAN refers to Adam. EVERY NATION OF MANKIND. This idea of ancestral unity would have appealed to the Stoics’ strong sense of human brotherhood. Paul affirms the historicity...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:22; 1 Corinthians 15:47; Acts 15:18; Daniel 11:27;...
He hath made of one blood the whole nation of men — By this expression the apostle showed them in the most unaffected manner, that though he was a Jew, be was not enslaved to any narrow views, but loo...