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Selected Verse: Acts 17:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Ac 17:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] some [5100] of [1537] them [846] believed [3982], and [2532] consorted [4345] with Paul [3972] and [2532] Silas [4609]; and [5037] of the devout [4576] Greeks [1672] a great [4183] multitude [4128], and [5037] of the chief [4413] women [1135] not [3756] a few [3641]. |
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King James |
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
consorted--cast in their lot.
with Paul and Silas--Compare Co2 8:5.
of the chief women--female proselytes of distinction. From the First Epistle to the Thessalonians it appears that the converts were nearly all Gentiles; not only such as had before been proselytes, who would be gained in the synagogue, but such as up to that time had been idolaters (Th1 1:9-10). During his stay, while Paul supported himself by his own labor (Th1 2:9; Th2 3:7-9), he received supplies once and again from the Philippians, of which he makes honorable acknowledgment (Phi 4:15-16). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And consorted - Literally, had their lot with Paul and Silas; that is, they united themselves to them, and became their disciples. The word is commonly applied to those who are partakers of an inheritance.
And of the devout Greeks - Religious Greeks; or, of those who worshipped God. Those are denoted who had renounced the worship of idols, and who attended on the worship of the synagogue, but who were not fully admitted to the privileges of Jewish proselytes. They were called, by the Jews, proselytes of the gate.
And of the chief women - See the notes on Act 13:50. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Consorted with (προσεκληρώθησαν)
Only here in New Testament. More strictly, "were added or allotted to."
Chief women
The position of women in Macedonia seems to have been exceptional. Popular prejudice, and the verdict of Grecian wisdom in its best age, asserted her natural inferiority. The Athenian law provided that everything which a man might do by the counsel or request of a woman should be null in law. She was little better than a slave. To educate her was to advertise her as a harlot. Her companions were principally children and slaves. In Macedonia, however, monuments were erected to women by public bodies; and records of male proper names are found, in Macedonian inscriptions, formed on the mother's name instead of on the father's. Macedonian women were permitted to hold property, and were treated as mistresses of the house. These facts are borne out by the account of Paul's labors in Macedonia. In Thessalonica, Beroea, and Philippi we note additions of women of rank to the church; and their prominence in church affairs is indicated by Paul's special appeal to two ladies in the church at Philippi to reconcile their differences, which had caused disturbance in the church, and by his commending them to his colleagues as women who had labored with him in the Lord (Phi 4:2, Phi 4:3). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Of the principal women, not a few - Our free thinkers pique themselves upon observing, that women are more religious than men; and this, in compliment both to religion and good manners, they impute to the weakness of their understandings. And indeed as far as nature can go, in imitating religion by performing the outward acts of it, this picture of religion may make a fairer show in women than in men, both by reason of their more tender passions, and their modesty, which will make those actions appear to more advantage. But in the case of true religion, which always implies taking up the cross, especially in time of persecution, women lie naturally under a great disadvantage, as having less courage than men. So that their embracing the Gospel was a stronger evidence of the power of him whose strength is perfected in weakness, as a stronger assistance of the Holy Spirit was needful for them to overcome their natural fearfulness. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The devout Greeks - That is, Gentiles who were proselytes to the Jewish religion, so far as to renounce idolatry, and live a moral life, but probably had not received circumcision. |
15 Now [1161] ye [5210] Philippians [5374] know [1492] also [2532], that [3754] in [1722] the beginning [746] of the gospel [2098], when [3753] I departed [1831] from [575] Macedonia [3109], no [3762] church [1577] communicated with [2841] me [3427] as [1519] concerning [3056] giving [1394] and [2532] receiving [3028], but [1508] ye [5210] only [3441].
16 For [3754] even [2532] in [1722] Thessalonica [2332] ye sent [3992] once [2532] [530] and [2532] again [1364] unto [1519] my [3427] necessity [5532].
7 For [1063] yourselves [846] know [1492] how [4459] ye ought [1163] to follow [3401] us [2248]: for [3754] we behaved [812] not [3756] ourselves disorderly [812] among [1722] you [5213];
8 Neither [3761] did we eat [5315] any man's [3844] [5100] bread [740] for nought [1432]; but [235] wrought [2038] with [1722] labour [2873] and [2532] travail [3449] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250], that [4314] we might [1912] not [3361] be chargeable [1912] to any [5100] of you [5216]:
9 Not [3756] because [3754] we have [2192] not [3756] power [1849], but [235] to [2443] make [1325] ourselves [1438] an ensample [5179] unto you [5213] to [1519] follow [3401] us [2248].
9 For [1063] ye remember [3421], brethren [80], our [2257] labour [2873] and [2532] travail [3449]: for [1063] labouring [2038] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250], because [4314] we would [1912] not [3361] be chargeable [1912] unto any [5100] of you [5216], we preached [2784] unto [1519] you [5209] the gospel [2098] of God [2316].
9 For [1063] they [518] themselves [846] shew [518] of [4012] us [2257] what manner [3697] of entering in [1529] we had [2192] [2192] unto [4314] you [5209], and [2532] how [4459] ye turned [1994] to [4314] God [2316] from [575] idols [1497] to serve [1398] the living [2198] and [2532] true [228] God [2316];
10 And [2532] to wait for [362] his [846] Son [5207] from [1537] heaven [3772], whom [3739] he raised [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], even Jesus [2424], which [3588] delivered [4506] us [2248] from [575] the wrath [3709] to come [2064].
5 And [2532] this they did, not [3756] as [2531] we hoped [1679], but [235] first [4412] gave [1325] their own selves [1438] to the Lord [2962], and [2532] unto us [2254] by [1223] the will [2307] of God [2316].
50 But [1161] the Jews [2453] stirred up [3951] the devout [4576] and [2532] honourable [2158] women [1135], and [2532] the chief men [4413] of the city [4172], and [2532] raised [1892] persecution [1375] against [1909] Paul [3972] and [2532] Barnabas [921], and [2532] expelled [1544] them [846] out of [575] their [846] coasts [3725].
3 And [2532] I intreat [2065] thee [4571] also [2532], true [1103] yokefellow [4805], help [4815] those women [846] which [3748] laboured [4866] with me [3427] in [1722] the gospel [2098], with [3326] Clement [2815] also [2532], and [2532] with other [3062] my [3450] fellowlabourers [4904], whose [3739] names [3686] are in [1722] the book [976] of life [2222].
2 I beseech [3870] Euodias [2136], and [2532] beseech [3870] Syntyche [4941], that they be of [5426] the same [846] mind [5426] in [1722] the Lord [2962].