Acts 17:16

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he saw the city full of idols.

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In The King James Version

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

In Context

15And they who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and having received a commandment to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

17Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout [[Greeks]], and in the market daily with those that met him.

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Cross References

Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job was his wrath kindled, because he accounted himself righteous rather than God.

Psalms 69:9For zeal for thy house consumeth me, And the reproaches of them that reproach thee fall upon me.

Psalms 119:158I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.

Micah 3:8But I am full of power, even of the spirit of Jehovah; Full of uprightness and courage, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.

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 →

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