Acts 17:4

4. consorted—cast in their lot.

with Paul and Silas—Compare 2 Corinthians 8:5.

of the chief women—female proselytes of distinction. From the First Epistle to the Thessalonians it appears that the converts were nearly all Gentiles; not only such as had before been proselytes, who would be gained in the synagogue, but such as up to that time had been idolaters (1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:10). During his stay, while Paul supported himself by his own labor (1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9), he received supplies once and again from the Philippians, of which he makes honorable acknowledgment (Philippians 4:15; Philippians 4:16).