Acts 17:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ACTS CHAPTER 17 Acts 17:1-4 Paul preaching in the synagogue at Thessalonica, some believe, both Jews and Greeks. Acts 17:5-11 The unbelieving Jews raise an uproar. Acts 17:10-12 Paul and Silas are sent to Berea: the Berean Jews are commended for searching the Scriptures. Acts 17:13-15 The Jews of Thessalonica follow and drive Paul from Berea. Acts 17:16-21 At Athens Paul disputing is carried before the court of Areopagus. Acts 17:22-31 He preacheth the living God, to the Athenians unknown: his general call to repentance; the resurrection of Christ; and his coming to judgment. Acts 17:32-34 Some mock, others believe. Araphipolis, a city near to Philippi; so called, because the sea came up to it on both sides. Apollonia, a city near to Thessalonica. This Thessalonica was one of the chiefest cities of Macedonia: unto the church in this place St. Paul wrote two of his Epistles. This city was built by Philip, in memory of a victory he obtained over the Thessali. Where was a synagogue of the Jews: it seems that there was no synagogue in either of the other places, but that the Jews of the other cities resorted unto the synagogue in this, all these three cities being in Macedonia. The sending away of Paul and Silas, Acts 16:39, to gratify the mad multitude, was a means to bring the word of salvation to those places.