Acts 17:1-3 KJV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 17:3

Verse 3− 3.Opening. In this place he describeth the sum and subject of the disputation, and he putteth down two members concerning Christ, that he must have died and risen again, and that the son of Mary which was crucified is Christ. When the question is concerning Christ, there come three things in question, Whether he be, who he is, and what he is. If Paul had had to deal with the Gentiles, he must have fet his beginning farther; − (244) because they had heard nothing concerning Christ;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:1

Amphipolis . This was the ancient capital of that division of Macedonia (Macedonia Prima); see Acts 16:12 , note. It was situated on the Via Egnatia, thirty-four miles southwest from Philippi, and three miles from the AE gean Sea. It lay in a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by the Strymon, whence its name, Amphipolis; its modern name is Neokhoria, now a village. Its original name was ἐννέα ̔οδοί, The Nine Ways. Originally a Thracian city, it was conquered by the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:1-9

A fulfilled and an unfulfilled prophecy. These verses would supply us with other material for thought. They present to us: 1. Christian workers patiently and conscientiously proceeding with their mission ( Acts 17:1 , Acts 17:2 ). 2. Christian advocates employing the weapon which was prepared for their use ( Acts 17:3 ). 3. Christian laborers reaping a blessed spiritual harvest ( Acts 17:4 ). 4. Faithful followers of the Lord partaking of his sufferings ( Acts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:1-9

Paul at Thessalonica. I. HIS WORK . The synagogue was here again the scene of labor; the substance of the evangel again the theme of his discourse. 1. This is in contents ever the same; founded on the Scriptures. His special function as an apostle did not set him free from the authority of the past. Religion at any epoch is the fulfillment of all that has gone before and the prophecy of all that is to be. But let us beware of the slavery of the letter, and seek the truth of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:1-9

Thessalonica. Interest of the occasion, in view of the two Epistles afterwards written. The contrast between the Thessalonian and Philippian populations partly due to the presence of the Jewish synagogue. The Greek proselytes numerous. The Jews divided into two classes, the devout and the fanatical. The political element always ready to be called into use against the gospel, so that the multitude and the rulers were troubled. I. Take the whole narration as affording a glimpse into THE... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:1-15

The strange alliance. Among the hindrances to the progress of the gospel in the world we have often to notice the combination of the most discordant elements for the purpose of obstruction. Pilate and Herod were made friends together when they united in crucifying the Lord of glory. When the chief priests and Pharisees, in their blind hatred of the Lord Jesus Christ, sought his death, they did not scruple to invoke the aid of the Roman power, the object of their bitterest hatred and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:2

Custom for manner, A.V.; for three for three, A.V.; from for out of, A.V. Reasoned (see note on Acts 17:17 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:2

Paul's manner. "And Paul, as his manner was" (Revised Version, "custom"). Luke thinks it necessary to record St. Paul's habits in connection with his missionary labors, and his point is, not that the apostle kept the sabbath day, but that he consistently observed the injunction to the first preachers that they should "begin at Jerusalem;" that is, deliver the gospel message first to the Jews. Whenever St. Paul went to a fresh town, "his manner was" to find out the Jews and join them at... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:2-3

The work of three sabbath days. It was a great idea, and much more than mere idea with Paul, to "redeem the time." He would not have stayed a continuous three weeks in one place doing nothing at all, much less doing what was good for nothing, or for very little. The time he gave, therefore, to a subject, and the stress he laid upon it, may fairly measure to a certain degree his persuasion of the value of it. There are subjects which depend upon their very mode of treatment, not in the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:3

It behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise for Christ must needs have suffered, and risen, A.V .; whom, said he for whom, A.V. ; proclaim for preach. A.V. ; the Christ for Christ, A.V. The line of reasoning adopted by St. Paul in his preaching to the Thessalonian Jews was the same as that of our Lord to the disciples and apostles on the day of his resurrection, as recorded in Luke 24:26 , Luke 24:27 ; 44-47, and that of St. Peter ( Acts 2:22-36 ; Acts 3:18 ; Acts 4:11 ,... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 17:3

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