Acts 17:12
As the result many of them became believers, and so did not a few of the Greeks--gentlewomen of good position, and men.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 1:45Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets--Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth."
Acts 13:46Then, throwing off all reserve, Paul and Barnabas said, "We were bound to proclaim God's Message to you first. But since you spurn it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of the Life of the Ages--well, we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts 14:1At Iconium the Apostles went together to the Jewish synagogue and preached, with the result that a great number both of Jews and Greeks believed.
1 Corinthians 1:26For consider, brethren, God's call to you. Not many who are wise with merely human wisdom, not many of position and influence, not many of noble birth have been called.
James 1:10but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass 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 →