Acts 17:12
And many of them believed; and so likewise of the Greeks, many men, and women of note.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
In Context
Cross References
John 1:45And Philip found Nathaniel, and said to him: We have found him, of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is of Nazareth.
Acts 13:46And Paul and Barnabas said openly: To you first, ought the word of God to be spoken; but because ye repel it from you, and decide, against yourselves, that ye are not worthy of life eternal, lo, we turn ourselves to the Gentiles.
Acts 14:1And they came and entered into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke with them, that many of the Jews and of the Greeks believed.
1 Corinthians 1:26For look also at your calling, my Brethren; that not many among you are wise, according to the flesh; and not many among you are mighty, and not many among you are of high birth.
James 1:10and the rich, in his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth away.
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 →