Acts 17:34
A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among them being Dionysius a member of the Council, a gentlewoman named Damaris, and some others.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
33So Paul went away from them.
Cross References
John 7:48"has any one of the Rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
Acts 13:48The Gentiles listened with delight and extolled the Lord's Message; and all who were pre-destined to the Life of the Ages believed.
Acts 17:19Then they took him and brought him up to the Areopagus, asking him, "May we be told what this new teaching of yours is?
Romans 11:5In the same way also at the present time there has come to be a remnant whom God in His grace has selected.
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 →