Acts 17:13 KJV,NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 17:10-15

In these verses we have, I. Paul and Silas removing to Berea, and employed in preaching the gospel there, Acts 17:10. They had proceeded so far at Thessalonica that the foundations of a church were laid, and others were raised up to carry on the work that was begun, against whom the rulers and people were not so much prejudiced as they were against Paul and Silas; and therefore when the storm rose they withdrew, taking this as an indication to them that they must quit that place for the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 17:10-15

17:10-15 The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Beroea by night. When they arrived there they came into the synagogue of the Jews. These were men of finer character than those in Thessalonica and they received the word with all eagerness. They daily examined the scriptures to see if these things were so. Many of them believed, as did a considerable number of well-to-do Greek women and men. When the Jews of Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul in Beroea... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 17:13

But when the Jews of Thessalonica ,.... The unbelieving Jews there, had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea ; which they came at, either by persons that came from thence to Thessalonica, or by letters sent them: they came thither also ; as the Jews from Antioch and Iconium came to Lystra on a like account, Acts 14:19 and stirred up the people ; the common people, the natives of the place, against the apostles; suggesting that they were wicked men, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 17:13

The Jews of Thessalonica - stirred up the people - With what implacable malice did these men persecute the Gospel! And in the same spirit they continue to the present day, though it is evidently the sole cause of their wretchedness. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 17:13

Verse 13− 13.And when the Jews. We see how the Jews were carried to and fro with such hatred of the gospel as could never be appeased. For they do not only expel Christ furiously when he is offered unto them at home; but when they hear that he is preached elsewhere, they run thither like mad men. But we must not so much in this place consider the fury of the nation as the desperate malice of Satan, who pricketh forward those which be his to trouble the kingdom of Christ, and to destroy man’s... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:10-14

The duty of individual research. This interesting and cheering episode teaches us one lesson in particular; but there are three suggestions we may gain preliminarily. 1. That the Christian pilgrim (and workman) may hope that shadow will soon be succeeded by sunshine; that the tumult of Thessalonica will soon be followed by the reverent inquiry of Beraea. 2. That he must expect sunshine to pass, before long, into shadow; the fruit-gathering of Beraea to yield to the flight to Athens... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:10-15

Nobility of soul at Beraea. Beraea stands out as a bright oasis in the dreary landscape of persecution. When Paul and Silas enter the synagogue, they find themselves in a new atmosphere. They find "men of nobler soul" then the dishonest cavilers and intriguers of Philippi and of Thessalonica. What were the elements of this nobility of soul? I. WILLING AND UNPREJUDICED RECEPTION OF NOVEL VIEWS , This spontaneous receptiveness springs only from the rooted love of truth. Let... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:10-15

Beraea. The different state of mind among the Jews. The unbelief and opposition of men overruled by God to the fulfillment of his purposes. The footsteps of the apostolic messengers quickened. The sudden stride of the message from Beraea to Athens—scarcely likely to have been taken by Paul without an impulse in the circumstances driving him forward. Yet, as so much depended on the one man's work, as no one else so fitted to lay the foundations of Christianity in Greece, he must be lifted... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:13

Proclaimed for preached, A.V. ; Beraea also for Berea, A.V. ; likewise for also, A.V. ; stirring up and troubling the multitudes for and stirred up the people, A.V. and T.R. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 17:10-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 17:10-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 17:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 17:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 17:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 17:13

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