Acts 17:16

And awaiting them in Athens, the ruach of Rav Sha'ul was being distressed within him as he observed the city being full of elilim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

15Now the ones escorting Rav Sha'ul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions to have Sila and Timotiyos come to Rav Sha'ul in Athens as quickly as possible, the ones escorting him departed.

17Therefore, Rav Sha'ul was dialoguing and arguing in the shul with the Yehudim and with the yirei Elohim and also in the marketplace yom yom + 17:17 street preaching to the ones who happened to be there.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the machaneh, that he saw the Egel, and the mecholot (dancing); and the anger of Moshe burned hot, and he threw the Luchot out of his hands, and broke them at the foot of HaHar.

1 Kings 19:10And he said, 1 I have been very kina (jealous, zealous) 1 for Hashem Elohei Tzivos; 1 for the Bnei Yisroel have forsaken Thy Brit (Covenant), + 19:10 i.e., Sinai Covenant 1 thrown down Thine mizbechot, 1 and slain Thy nevi'im with the cherev; 1 and I, even I only, am left; 1 and they seek my nefesh, to take it away.

Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu ben Barakhel the Buzi, of the mishpochah Ram; against Iyov was his wrath kindled, because Iyov justified his nefesh rather than Elohim.

Psalms 69:9I am become a stranger unto my achim, 1 and a nochri (foreigner) unto the bnei immi (sons of my mother). 1

Psalms 119:158I beheld the bogedim, 1 and was grieved because they were not shomer over Thy word. 1

Micah 3:8But truly I am full of ko'ach 1 by the Ruach + 3:8 Hakodesh of Hashem, and of mishpat, and of gevurah (might), 1 to preach unto Ya'akov his peysha, 1 and to Yisroel his chattat. + 3:8 Isa 53:5,8,12 1

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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