Acts 17:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν εὐγενέστεροι τῶν ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ, οἵτινες ἐδέξαντο τὸν λόγον μετὰ πάσης προθυμίας, τὸ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἀνακρίνοντες τὰς γραφάς, εἰ ἔχοι ταῦτα οὕτως.

Transliteration

These de were eugenesteroi of those in Thessalonikē, who edexanto the logon with all prothymias, daily anakrinontes the graphas, if echoi these things houtōs.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *eugenesteroi*: comparative adjective, nominative plural masculine - more noble/nobler
• *Thessalonikē*: dative singular feminine - in Thessalonica
• *edexanto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they received
• *logon*: accusative singular masculine - word/message
• *prothymias*: genitive singular feminine - eagerness/readiness
• *anakrinontes*: present active participle, nominative plural masculine - examining/investigating
• *graphas*: accusative plural feminine - scriptures/writings
• *echoi*: present active optative, 3rd person singular - might have/would be
• *houtōs*: adverb - thus/so/in this manner

Word Meanings

• *eugenesteroi*: more noble/higher minded/more open-minded
• *edexanto*: received/welcomed/accepted
• *logon*: word/message/account
• *prothymias*: eagerness/readiness/willingness
• *anakrinontes*: examining/investigating/scrutinizing
• *graphas*: scriptures/writings
• *echoi*: might be/might have/would be
• *houtōs*: thus/so/in this way

Referenced Verses

• John 5:39 : 39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
• 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
• Isa 34:16 : 16 See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.
• 2 Pet 1:19-21 : 19 And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts; 20 Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets. 21 For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;
• 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation; 11 Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them. 12 And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.
• 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
• 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness: 17 So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
• Matt 13:23 : 23 And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
• Luke 16:29 : 29 But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
• Job 23:12 : 12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
• Ps 1:2-3 : 2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night. 3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.
• Ps 119:97 : 97 <MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.
• Ps 119:100 : 100 I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
• Ps 119:148 : 148 In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.
• Prov 1:5 : 5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
• Prov 2:1-5 : 1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind; 2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; 3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
• Prov 8:10 : 10 Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.
• Prov 9:9 : 9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...
• John 1:45-49 : 45 Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false. 48 Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you. 49 Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!
• John 3:21 : 21 But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
• Acts 2:41 : 41 Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
• Acts 10:33 : 33 So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.
• Acts 11:1 : 1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.
• Acts 17:1 : 1 Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:
• Jas 1:21 : 21 For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
• Jer 2:21 : 21 But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?
• 1 John 4:5-6 : 5 They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them. 6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.