Acts 17:15

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.

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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...
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,...
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 th...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

conducted . Greek. kathistemi. Only here in this sense. Generally translated "make", "appoint". Here the brethren made all the arrangements. unt...
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 de...
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 sit...
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, the...
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. T...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unto Athens ] D adds: 'But he passed by (i.e. did not preach in) Thessaly, for he was prevented from preaching the word to them.' It appears from 1...
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 tra...
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 tra...
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...
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...
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 mo...
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...
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 de...
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, At...
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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Noble Bereans; Paul and Silas at Berea. 10 And the brethren immediately sent...
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 ac...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 whi...
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. I...
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

¹⁵ 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.

Related Commentaries of Acts 17:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 17:15