Acts 17:4 - Exposition

Were persuaded for believed, A.V. ( ἐπείσθησαν ). Consorted with ; προσεκληρώθησαν a word only found here in the New Testament, but, like so many other words in St. Luke's vocabulary, found also in Pintarch, in the sense of being "associated with," or "attached to" any one; literally, to be assigned to any one by lot (comp. the use of the simple verb ἐκληρώθημεν , Ephesians 1:11 ). Of the devout Greeks. Observe the frequent proofs of the influence the synagogues had in bringing heathen to the knowledge of the true God (see verse 12; Acts 10:2 ; Acts 11:21 ; Acts 13:48 ; Acts 14:1 , etc.). The chief women ( τῶν πρώτων ). So in Acts 13:50 τοὺς πρώτους τῆς πολέως means "the chief men of the city." And Lake 19:49, οἱ πρῶτοι τοῦ λαοῦ are "the chief of the people" (" the principal men," R.V.) It has been already remarked that St. Lake especially notices the instances of female piety. In Acts 13:12 we have τῶν εὐσχημόνων in the same sense as the τῶν πρώτων in this verse.