Acts 17:34
but some of the people joined him and believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
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John 7:48Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in him?
Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed to eternal life believed.
Acts 17:19So they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that yoʋ are presenting?
Romans 11:5So then, in the present time also there is a remnant chosen by grace.
Matthew Henry on Acts 17:33-34
Paul at Athens. 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. 33 So Paul departed from among them. 34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. We have here a short account of the issue of Paul's preaching at Athens. I. Few were the better: the gospel had as little success at Athens as any where; for the pride of the philosophers… Read the whole commentary →