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ACTS 17:13 kai. tara,ssontej tou.j o;clouj {B}
Many witnesses, including î45 E P 049 056 0120 0142 _al,_ followed by
the Textus Receptus, lack the words kai. tara,ssontej. The shorter
text appears to...
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STIRRED UP THE PEOPLE - The word used here σαλεύειν saleuein
denotes properly “to agitate” or “excite,” as the waves of the
sea are agitated by the wind. It is with great beauty used to denote
the “a...
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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...
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THROUGH BERŒ A TO ATHENS. Berœ a was a populous place but off the
main route. Paul and Silas at once go to the synagogue; by this time
we should think they could scarcely look to the synagogue with ho...
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The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Beroea by night.
When they arrived there they came into the synagogue of the Jews.
These were men of finer character than those in Thessalonica and...
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IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
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OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104.
HAD KNOWLEDGE. got to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132.
GOD. App-98.
PREACHED. Greek. _katangello._ App-121.
AT. in. Greek. _en._
AND STIRRED UP. stirring up. Greek...
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_the word of God_ The Thessalonian Jews would not have termed it so,
to such an extent had prejudice and long training in the later Jewish
teaching blinded their eyes. When Moses was read there was a...
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ΚΑῚ ΤΑΡΆΣΣΟΝΤΕΣ added before ΤΟῪΣ ὌΧΛΟΥΣ
with אABD. _Vulg_. ‘et turbantes.’
13. Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂, _the word of God_. This is the
language of the author. The Thessalonian Jews would not have called...
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PAUL AND SILAS SENT AWAY TO BERŒA. NOBLE CHARACTER OF THE BERŒANS.
THE JEWS FROM THESSALONICA FOLLOW AFTER PAUL, AND BY REASON OF THEIR
ENMITY HE IS CONDUCTED TO ATHENS...
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_THE NOBLE CONDUCT OF THE BEREANS ACTS 17:10-15:_ Out of love for
their spiritual fathers and concern for their safety the brethren sent
Paul and Silas to Berea. They were sent out at night to preserv...
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ΈΓΝΩΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097)
знать. Inch, _aor._, "приходить к знанию".
ΚΑΤΗΓΓΈΛΗ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Acts 17:3. ΉΛΘΟΝ
_aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 17:1.
ΣΑΛΕΎΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. pa...
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AND STIRRED UP THE PEOPLE.— The word σαλευοντες, rendered
_stirred up,_ signifies primarily_raising a storm._ It expresses a
violent agitation of the sea, and admirably illustrates the rage and
fury o...
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AT BEREA. Acts 17:10 b - Acts 17:14 a.
Acts 17:10 b
unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogues
of the Jews.
Acts 17:11
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13, 14. There seemed to be no serious obstacle to the gospel in Berea,
and the disciples may have begun to flatter themselves with the hope
that the whole city would turn to the Lord, when an unexpect...
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But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God
was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up
the people.
BUT WHEN THE JEWS OF THESSALONICA HAD KNOWLEDG...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THEY CAME THITHER ALSO, AND STIRRED UP THE PEOPLE. — To the
unbelieving Jews of Thessalonica the conversions at Berœa were simply
a cause of offence. It is apparently with reference to this that St.
P...
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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...
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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...
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οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Θ. Ἰ.: as before in the first journey, the
bitter and enduring malice of the Jews followed Paul from one place to
another, and the use of his name alone shows that he was their chief
aim. κ...
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STIRRED BY IDOLATRY
Acts 17:13
From the first, the gospel was baptized in the fire of persecution.
How unutterable the loneliness and sorrow of the Apostle as he reached
Athens! Did doubt ever enter...
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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...
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Preaching in Berea
Paul and Silas immediately entered the synagogue to teach. Rather than
base their decisions on the traditional teachings of man, the Bereans
carefully examined the word of God to de...
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(6) But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of
God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred
up the people.
(6) Satan has his who are zealous for him, a...
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Now leaving Timothy at Thessalonica to continue the meeting, Paul,
Silas and Luke continue their journey southward, fifty-seven miles to
Berea, also a prominent city, where there is a synagogue of the...
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And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. (11)
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
r...
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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...
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13._And when the Jews. _We see how the Jews were carried to and fro
with such hatred of the gospel as could never be appeased. For they do
not only expel Christ furiously when he is offered unto the...
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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...
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BUT WHEN THE JEWS OF THESSALONICA,.... The unbelieving Jews there,
HAD KNOWLEDGE THAT THE WORD OF GOD WAS PREACHED OF PAUL AT BEREA;
which they came at, either by persons that came from thence to
The...
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But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God
was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up
the people.
Ver. 13. _They came thither also_] Thus they ple...
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_These were more noble_, &c. Greek, ευγενεστεροι, _more
ingenuous_, or _generous;_ of a more excellent disposition, more open
to conviction, as being less blinded by prejudice. To be teachable in
the...
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The uneasiness which men feel when others receive the blessings which
they themselves reject, is evidence of deep wickedness of heart. In
refusing to enter the kingdom of heaven, and in trying to hind...
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BUT WHEN THE JEWS OF THESSALONICA HAD KNOWLEDGE THAT THE WORD OF GOD
WAS PREACHED OF PAUL AT BEREA, THEY CAME THITHER ALSO AND STIRRED UP
THE PEOPLE....
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Preaching in Berea:...
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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...
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BUT WHEN THE JEWS FROM THESSALONICA LEARNED THAT THE WORD OF GOD WAS
PREACHED BY PAUL AT BEREA, THEY CAME THERE ALSO AND STIRRED UP THE
CROWDS.
1. As word spread that Paul was in Berea and having suc...
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"Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been
proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there likewise" The same
evil zeal that characterized the unbelieving Jews on the first journe...
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10-15 The Jews in Berea applied seriously to the study of the word
preached unto them. They not only heard Paul preach on the sabbath,
but daily searched the Scriptures, and compared what they read w...
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As the waves are stirred with the wind; a fit metaphor to represent
the fickle multitude by, that, as the sea, now rolls one way, then
another; or as tottering buildings, that shake with every wind....
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13, 14. There seemed to be no serious obstacle to the gospel in Berea,
and the disciples may have begun to flatter themselves with the hope
that the whole city would turn to the Lord, when an unexpect...
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Acts 17:13 But G1161 when G5613 Jews G2453 from G575 Thessalonica
G2332 learned G1097 (G5627) that G3754...
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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...
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‘But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of
God was proclaimed of Paul at Berea also, they came there in the same
way, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.'
But news of what...
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Acts 17:13. THEY CAME THITHER ALSO, AND STIRRED UP THE PEOPLE. These
short notices in the ‘Acts' of the steady, unwearied pursuit of Paul
from city to city give us a hint at least of that restless bit...
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WAS PROCLAIMED
(κατηγγελη). Second aorist passive indicative of
καταγγελλω, common late verb as in Acts 16:21.OF PAUL
(υπο Παυλου). By Paul, of course.STIRRING UP AND TROUBLING
THE MULTITUDES
(σ...
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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...
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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...
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THEY CAME THERE. A certain type of Jew followed Paul and tried to
destroy the message of Christ. See note on Acts 14:19-20. SENT PAUL
AWAY TO THE COAST. _Ramsay_ says Luke often passes over the
diffic...
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_And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas unto Berea …
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica._
FROM THESSALONICA TO BEREA
1. Paul and Silas were sent away “by night.” That is...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:10 Paul and Silas fled to Berea, 50 miles (81
km) by road southwest of Thessalonica.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 17:10. BŒREA.—Presently _Pheria_, south-west of Thessalonica,
and fifty-one miles distant.
Acts 17:12. MANY OF THEM BELIEVED.—_Codex Bezœ_ adds, “And some
disbelieved.” The a...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 21:25; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; Acts 14:2; Acts 21:27; Acts 6:12
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They that conducted [κ α θ ι σ τ ω ν τ ε ς]. Lit., brought
to the spot. Note the different word employed, ch. 14 3 (see note
there)....