Acts 17:15

And those who conduced Paul brought him as far as Athens, and receiving an injunction for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as speedily as possible, they departed.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

In Context

14Then immediately on this the brethren sent off Paul, to go as if by sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.

16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit within him was greatly grieved, beholding the city so devoted to idolatry.

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Cross References

Acts 17:16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit within him was greatly grieved, beholding the city so devoted to idolatry.

Acts 18:1AND after these transactions, Paul departing from Athens, came to Corinth;

1 Thessalonians 3:1WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone:

2 Timothy 4:20Erastus hath abode at Corinth: but Trophimus I left behind me at Miletum sick.

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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