Acts 17:17

The market— The forum. Heylin.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore disputed he - Or reasoned. He engaged in an argument with them. With the devout persons - Those worshipping God after the manner of...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with (h) them that met with him. (h) Whoe...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

disputed . was reasoning. Greek. dialegomai, as in Acts 17:2 . with . Greek. pros. App-104. met with . Greek. . paratunchano. Only here....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 17. With the Jews and religious men. It was an ordinary thing with Paul, wheresoever the Jews had synagogues, there to begin, and to offer...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Disputed he i...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. There...
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

Athens. After leaving Berœa, St. Paul entered the Roman province of Achaia, which was at this time a senatorian province, governed by a proconsul,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In the market daily ] So Socrates used to sit every day and all day in the market-place of Athens, discussing philosophy with all comers. The market...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And in the market daily. — To teach in the synagogue, and to gather the devout persons, i.e., the proselytes to whom the Law had been a schoolmas...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 ST. PAUL IN GREECE. Acts 17:16-18 ; Acts 18:1 THERE are parallelisms in history which are very striking, and yet these parallelism...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews ,.... There being a synagogue of the Jews here, and there being many Jews settled in this place...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Ver. 17....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

While he waited for them at Athens Namely, for Silas and Timothy; his spirit was stirred in him Greek, παρωξυνετο, was disquieted, vexed , fille...
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

Paul at Athens. 16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirr...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews; as Acts 17:2 , still giving the Jews, if there were any, the priority; or, having by that...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.' So each Sabbath he went...
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 an...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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 Biblical Illustrator

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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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul in Athens. The arrival and the first discussions:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews and with the devout persons and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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¹⁷ Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

Related Commentaries of Acts 17:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 17:17