Acts 17:12
Therefore many of them believed, and not a few of the prominent Greek women and men.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
In Context
Cross References
John 1:45Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the One about whom Moses wrote in the Law and the Prophets—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Acts 13:46But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly said, “It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first; but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life; behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts 14:1And it came to pass in Iconium that they went in together into the synagogue of the Jews, and they spoke in a way so that a great multitude, both of the Jews and of the Greeks, believed.
1 Corinthians 1:26For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many noble, are called.
James 1:10but the rich man in his humiliation, because like a flower of the field he will pass away.
Matthew Henry on Acts 17:11-16
The Noble Bereans; Paul and Silas at Berea. 10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the… Read the whole commentary →