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

“ Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. ”

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

  Therefore disputed he - Or reasoned. He engaged in an argument with them. With the devout persons - Those worshipping God after the manner of the Jews. They were Jewish proselytes, who had re...

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• Acts 17:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with (h) them that met with him. (h) Whoever Paul met with that would allow him to talk wit...

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

  Paul at Athens. Athens was at this time no longer the intellectual centre of the world, nor the best of the leading schools of philosophy; but the fame of the city drew many to it, and a visit to A...

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• Acts 17:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  disputed . was reasoning. Greek. dialegomai, as in Acts 17:2 . with . Greek. pros. App-104. met with . Greek. . paratunchano. Only here.

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• Acts 17:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 17. With the Jews and religious men. It was an ordinary thing with Paul, wheresoever the Jews had synagogues, there to begin, and to offer Christ to his own nation. After that he went to t...

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

  Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews - Proving that Jesus...

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

  The market— The forum. Heylin.

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

  Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Therefore disputed (or 'discussed') he in the synagogue...

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• Acts 17:17 - 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...

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• Acts 17:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And in the market daily. — To teach in the synagogue, and to gather the devout persons, i.e., the proselytes to whom the Law had been a schoolmaster, leading them to Christ, was after the usual p...

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• Acts 17:17 - 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...

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• Acts 17:17 - 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...

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• Acts 17:17 - 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...

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

  Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. (17) Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout...

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

  Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews ,.... There being a synagogue of the Jews here, and there being many Jews settled in this place, hence we read in Jewish writings c of men going...

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• Acts 17:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Ver. 17. With them that met with him ] If anybody would but...

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

  While he waited for them at Athens Namely, for Silas and Timothy; his spirit was stirred in him Greek, παρωξυνετο, was disquieted, vexed , filled with grief and indignation; when he saw the cit...

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• Acts 17:17 - 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...

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

  Paul at Athens.       16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to id...

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

  Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews; as Acts 17:2 , still giving the Jews, if there were any, the priority; or, having by that means an opportnnily to speak unto the proselytes...

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

  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 pr...

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• Acts 17:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 17:16 . Athens .—Described by Milton ( Paradise Regained , Acts 4:20 ) as “the eye of Greece,” and “the mother of arts and eloquence.” The capital of Attica was situated a...

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• Acts 17:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Acts 17:16-17 Observe Three Things in this Passage. I. What St. Paul saw at Athens. He saw a city wholly given to idolatry. Idols met his eye in every street. The temples of idol gods and goddess...

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• Acts 17:17 - 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...

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• Acts 17:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 ma...

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• Acts 17:17 - 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...

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

  Paul in Athens. The arrival and the first discussions:

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• Acts 17:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Timothy 3:2 ; 2 Timothy 3:5 ; Acts 10:2 ; Acts 13:16 ; Acts 8:2 ; Acts 14:1-4 ; Acts 17:2-4 ; Jeremiah 6:11 ; Luke 12:3 ; Mark 16:15 ; Matthew 5:1 ; Matthew 5:2 ; Proverbs 1:20-22 ; P...

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