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Selected Verse: Acts 17:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 17:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Whom [3739] Jason [2394] hath received [5264]: and [2532] these [3778] all [3956] do [4238] contrary [561] to the decrees [1378] of Caesar [2541], saying [3004] that there is [1511] another [2087] king [935], one Jesus [2424]. |
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King James |
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. |
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] |
all do contrary to the decrees of CÃ&brvbr;sar, &c.--meaning, probably, nothing but what is specified in the next words.
saying . . . there is another king, one Jesus--(See on Joh 19:12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Whom Jason hath received - Has received into his house, and entertained kindly.
These all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar - The charge against them was that of sedition and rebellion against the Roman emperor. Grotius on this verse remarks that the Roman people, and after them the emperors, would not permit the name of king to be mentioned in any of the vanquished provinces except by their permission.
Saying that there is another king - This was probably a charge of mere malignity. They probably understood that when the apostles spoke of Jesus as a king, they did not do it as of a temporal prince. But it was easy to pervert their words, and to give plausibility to the accusation. The same thing had occurred in regard to the Lord Jesus himself, Luk 23:2. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Contrary to the decrees of Caesar
The charge at Philippi was that of introducing new customs; but as Thessalonica was not a colony, that charge could have no force there. The accusation substituted is that of treason against the emperor; that of which Jesus was accused before Pilate. "The law of treason, by which the ancient legislators of the republic had sought to protect popular liberty from the encroachments of tyranny,...was gradually concentrated upon the emperor alone, the sole impersonation of the sovereign people. The definition of the crime itself was loose and elastic, such as equally became the jealousy of a licentious republic or of a despotic usurper" (Merivale, "History of the Romans under the Empire"). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
These all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar - Persecutors always strive to affect the lives of the objects of their hatred, by accusing them of sedition, or plots against the state.
That there is another king, one Jesus - How malevolent was this saying! The apostles proclaimed Jesus as king - that is true; but never once insinuated that his kingdom was of this world. The reverse they always maintained. |
12 And from [1537] thenceforth [5127] Pilate [4091] sought [2212] to release [630] him [846]: but [1161] the Jews [2453] cried out [2896], saying [3004], If [1437] thou let [630] this man [5126] go [630], thou art [1488] not [3756] Caesar's [2541] friend [5384]: whosoever [3956] maketh [4160] himself [846] a king [935] speaketh against [483] Caesar [2541].
2 And [1161] they began [756] to accuse [2723] him [846], saying [3004], We found [2147] this [5126] fellow perverting [1294] the nation [1484], and [2532] forbidding [2967] to give [1325] tribute [5411] to Caesar [2541], saying [3004] that he himself [1438] is [1511] Christ [5547] a King [935].