Acts 17:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Clave unto him, in more than ordinary friendship; they were as glued to him; great was their love to the apostle, by whom their eyes were opened, nay, by whose ministry they were raised from the dead. Dionysius the Areopagite; one of that great council mentioned Acts 17:19, whose conversion might have a great influence on many. Damaris; who is thought to have been an honourable woman; such are mentioned Acts 17:12: or she might have been specially eminent for some grace or goodness she excelled in, and therefore hath a name upon record in the word of God.

Acts 17:34

34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.