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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 14:17

And yet for nevertheless, A.V.; you from heaven rains for us rain from hearer, A.V. and T.R.; your for our, A.V. and T.R. Observe how the apostle adapts his preaching to his hearers. How different this address to the heathen Lycaonians from those to Jews and proselytes! Here he leads them from nature to God; there from prophecy to Jesus. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 14:17

The witness of harvest-times. For the point as presented to a very different audience, see Romans 1:19 , Romans 1:20 ; Acts 17:28 . It has been remarked that the Greek words here used by the apostle are "so distinctly rhythmical that they suggest the thought that St. Paul quotes from some hymn of praise which he had heard in a harvest or vintage festival, and which, as with the altar to the Unknown God at Athens, he claims as due to him whom men ignorantly worshipped." A sentence... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:17

Nevertheless - Though he gave them no revelation.He left not himself without witness - He gave demonstration of his existence and of his moral character.In that he did good - By doing good. The manner in which he did it, Paul immediately specifies. Idols did not do good; they conferred no favors, and were, therefore, unworthy of confidence.And gave us rain from heaven - Rain from above - from the clouds, Mark 8:11; Luke 9:54; Luke 17:29; Luke 21:11; John 6:31-32. Rain is one of the evidences of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 14:13-17

Acts 14:13-17. Then the priest of Jupiter Who was esteemed the tutelar deity of that place, and whose statue stood just without the gate; brought oxen, or bulls rather, and garlands To put on the victims; the usual offerings to Jupiter; to the gates Of the place where Paul and Barnabas were; and would have done sacrifice to them To acknowledge the obligation they were under to them for this condescending and beneficent visit, and to take this opportunity of imploring their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 14:1-28

Other churches in Galatia (14:1-28)Paul and Barnabas moved on to the town of Iconium, where events followed the same pattern as in Antioch. They preached in the synagogue and both Jews and Gentiles believed. But as the number of converts increased, the people of the city became clearly divided between supporters of the apostles and supporters of the Jewish leaders. Because of the threat of murder, the apostles fled the city and went to Lystra (14:1-7).When the apostles healed a crippled man in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 14:17

Nevertheless = And yet. left . Greek. aphiemi. App-174 . without witness . Greek. amarturos. Only here. in that He did, &c . = doing good. Greek. agathopoieo. Here, Mark 3:4 .Luke 6:9 , Luke 6:33 , Luk 6:35 ; 1 Peter 2:15 , 1 Peter 2:20 ; 1Pe 3:6 , 1 Peter 3:17 , 3 John 1:11 . gave = giving. from heaven . Greek. ouranothen. An adverb. Only here and Acts 26:13 . fruitful = fruit-bearing. Greek. karpophoros. Only here. filling = satisfying, Greek. empiplemi. Here, Luke 1:53 ;... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 14:17

Acts 14:17. He left not himself without witness,— Though left to the heathen dispensation,theGentileswereculpablefortheir idolatry, and other abuses of the light afforded them, inasmuch as the works of creation always manifest the being of the true God; and it is a plain evidence of his goodness, power, and providence, in that he, the one true God, is the author of all good, and sendeth rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons to the just and unjust; not only providing necessaries for mankind,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:17

17. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness—Though the heinousness of idolatry is represented as so much less in the heathen, by how much they were outside the pale of revealed religion, he takes care to add that the heathen have divine "witness" enough to leave them "without excuse." he did good—scattering His beneficence everywhere and in a thousand forms. rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons—on which human subsistence and all human enjoyment depend. In Lycaonia, where, as ancient... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:8-20

Ministry in Lystra 14:8-20 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:13-21

3. The mission to Asia Minor 13:13-14:21aHaving evangelized Barnabas’ homeland the missionaries next moved into southern Asia Minor (modern western Turkey)."The contact with Sergius Paulus is the key to the subsequent ininerary of the first missionary journey. From Cyprus Paul and Barnabas struck east to the newly founded colony of Pisiddian Antioch, miles away from any Cypriot’s normal route. Modern scholars have invoked Paul’s wish to reach the uplands of Asia and recover from a passing... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 14:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 14:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 14:13-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 14:1-28

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 14:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 14:17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:8-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 14:13-21

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