Acts 17:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? ”

• Acts 17:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And brought him unto Areopagus - Margin, or “Mars’ hill.” This was the place or court in which the Areopagites, the celebrated supreme judges of Athens, assembled. It was on a hill almost in the...

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• Acts 17:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And they took him, and brought him unto (k) Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]? (k) This was a place called, as one would say, Mars hill, where the ju...

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• Acts 17:19 - 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 17:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  took . Greek. epilambanomai. See note on Acts 9:27 ; Acts 23:19 . Areopagus . the hill of Mars, or the Martian hill. Greek. Areios pagoa. Compare Acts 17:22 . Where the great council of the...

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• Acts 17:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 19. They brought him to Mars’ Street. Though this verse a place appointed for judgment, yet Luke doth not mean that Paul was brought before the seat of the judges, that he might plead his...

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• Acts 17:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is ? They took him, and brought him unto Areopagus - The Areopagus was a hill no...

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• Acts 17:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  They brought him unto Areopagus,— The original word is the same with that rendered Mars-hill, Acts 17:22 . The name of this senate was taken from the place in which it was assembled, being a hil...

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• Acts 17:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus - that is, 'Mars' h...

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• Acts 17:19 - 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 17:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  They took him, and brought him unto Areopagus. — The name may stand either for the Hill of Mars, simply as a locality, or for the Court which sat there, and was known as the Court of the Areopagus,...

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• Acts 17:19 - 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 17:19 - 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 17:19 - 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 17:19 - 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 17:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they took him ,.... Not that they laid hands on him, and carried him away by violence, as a derider of their gods, and an introducer of new ones, in order to punish him; but they invited him to...

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• Acts 17:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is ? Ver. 19. Brought him unto Areopagus ] A cruel court where Socrates los...

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• Acts 17:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And The crowd increasing to a greater number than could conveniently hear him, in the place where they then were; they took and brought him unto Areopagus Or, the hill of Mars , dedicated to Mar...

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• Acts 17:19 - 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 17:19 - 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 17:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The city of Athens was divided into five wards, or parts; one of which was called Areopagus, from the temple of Mars, which stood upon a hill in it: nigh unto which temple, or in some part of it, w...

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• Acts 17:19 - 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 17:19 - 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 17:19 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Areopagus Mars' hill.

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• Acts 17:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Acts 17:19 I. It may throw a fresh light on the study of the Bible if you look at it with this thought of the contrast and contest between religion and revelation. The Old Testament is not chiefly...

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• Acts 17:19 - 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 17:19 - 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 17:19 - 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 17:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Paul in Athens. The arrival and the first discussions:

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• Acts 17:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 2:7 ; 1 John 2:8 ; Acts 17:20 ; Acts 17:22 ; Acts 24:24 ; Acts 25:22 ; Acts 26:1 ; John 13:34 ; Mark 1:27 ; Matthew 10:18

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• Acts 17:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The Areopagus, or hill of Mars, (dedicated to Mars, the heathen god of war,) was the place where the Athenians held their supreme court of judicature. But it does not appear he was carried thither...

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