Acts 17:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. ”

Acts 17:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto Athens - This was the first visit of Paul to this celebrated city; and perhaps the first visit of a Christian minister. His success in this city, for some cause, was not great, but his preac...
Acts 17:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(8) And they that conducted Paul (e) brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. (8) The sheep of Christ also watc...
Acts 17:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 17:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

conducted . Greek. kathistemi. Only here in this sense. Generally translated "make", "appoint". Here the brethren made all the arrangements. unto . as far as. Greek. heos. receiving . having...
Acts 17:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. Brought him unto Athens - This was one of...
Acts 17:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Athens:— This celebrated city, whether we consider the antiquity, valour, power, or learning of its inhabitants, has had few to rival it. It is situated in the middle of a large plain, on the gulph...
Acts 17:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. And they that conducted Paul broug...
Acts 17:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 17:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29-31 ; Acts 17:1-2 ; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia...
Acts 17:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Stirred by Idolatry Acts 17:13-21 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 ev...
Acts 17:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 rapi...
Acts 17:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Acts 17:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they that conducted Paul ,.... From Berea to the sea side: brought him unto Athens ; a famous city in Attica, where both q Pliny and Ptolomy r place it, well known for the learning and wisdom...
Acts 17:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. Ver. 15. Brought him unto Athens ] The...
Acts 17:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They that conducted Paul brought him By land, εως, as far as Athens That celebrated, unequalled seat of learning among the Greeks. It is true, Athens had now passed the zenith of its political sp...
Acts 17:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 17:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Noble Bereans; Paul and Silas at Berea. 10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who comin...
Acts 17:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They that conducted Paul; who accompanied, and had undertaken to secure him. Athens; the Greece of Greece, or the eye of Greece; as Greece was accounted the eye of the world; and yet, with all it...
Acts 17:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and receiving a command to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.' His companions from Berea brough...
Acts 17:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 disbelieve...
Acts 17:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 17:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Acts 17:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 mil...
Acts 17:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens; and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
Acts 17:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 3:1 ; 2 Timothy 4:10 ; 2 Timothy 4:11 ; 2 Timothy 4:20 ; 2 Timothy 4:21 ; Acts 18:1 ; Acts 18:5 ; Titus 3:12

Acts 17:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 17:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 17:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 17:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 17:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 17:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 17:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 17:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 17:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 17:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 17:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 17:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 17:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 17:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 17:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 17:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 17:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 17:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 17:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 17:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 17:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 17:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 17:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 17:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 17:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge