Acts 17:12
And therefore many of them believed: and of the Grecian women of quality, and of men likewise not a few.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 1:45Philip meeting Nathaniel, saith unto him, We have found Him, of whom Moses in the law, and of whom the prophets also wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Jeseph.
Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but since ye reject it, and judge not yourselves worthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles:
Acts 14:1And at Iconium they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great number both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed.
1 Corinthians 1:26For ye see by your calling, brethren, that not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:
James 1:10because as the flower of the grass he shall 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 →