when, &c. = not (Greek. me. App-105) having found them.
drew. were dragging. Greek. suro. See note on John 21:8.
brethren. The believers of Acts 17:4.
unto. before. Greek. epi. App-104.
rulers of the city. Greek. politarches, compound oi polites, citizen, and archo, to rule. Only here and Acts 17:8. The noun or the corresponding verb is found in many inscriptions in Macedonia, five of them in Thessalonica. One on an arch spanning. street to-day, where seven politarchs are recorded, and amongst them Sosipater, Secundus, and Gaius, names identical with those of Paul's friends (Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4).
turned... upside down. Greek. anastatoo. Only here, Acts 21:38; Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:12. Compare anastasis. App-178.
world. Greek. oikoumene. App-129.