Acts 17:17

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?

Jeremiah 6:11But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Acts 8:2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

Acts 10:2He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

Acts 14:1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:17-22

Paul at Athens. 16 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 the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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