Acts 17:4

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Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of devout Greeks and a considerable number of prominent women.

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  • Acts 17:12 : 12 As a result, many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.
  • Acts 14:4 : 4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, while others supported the apostles.
  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.
  • Acts 13:43 : 43 After the synagogue meeting had ended, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.
  • Acts 14:1 : 1 At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
  • Acts 15:27 : 27 Therefore, we have sent Judas and Silas, who will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
  • Acts 15:32 : 32 Judas and Silas, who were also prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.
  • Acts 15:40 : 40 But Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
  • Acts 16:3 : 3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he had him circumcised because of the Jews who lived in those areas, as they all knew his father was a Greek.
  • Acts 17:17 : 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout people, and every day in the marketplace with those who happened to be there.
  • Acts 17:34 : 34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
  • Acts 18:4 : 4 Every Sabbath, he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
  • Acts 19:10 : 10 This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
  • Acts 21:28 : 28 Shouting, 'Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. And now he has even brought Greeks into the temple, defiling this holy place.'
  • Acts 28:24 : 24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others did not believe.
  • 2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.' 18 And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.
  • 2 Cor 8:5 : 5 And they exceeded our expectations: they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave your simple ways and live; walk in the way of understanding."
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Song 1:7-8 : 7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? 8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents.
  • Song 6:1 : 1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
  • Zech 2:11 : 11 Ho! Zion, escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon.
  • Zech 8:20-23 : 20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Again, peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the LORD and seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’ 22 And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD. 23 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In those days, ten men from every language and nation will take hold of the robe of a Jewish man and say, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’
  • John 7:35 : 35 At this, the Jews said to one another, 'Where does this man intend to go that we will not be able to find Him? Does He plan to go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
  • Acts 2:41-42 : 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
  • Acts 2:44 : 44 All the believers were united and had everything in common.
  • Acts 4:23 : 23 After they were released, they returned to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
  • Acts 5:12-14 : 12 Through the hands of the apostles, many signs and wonders were being performed among the people. And they were all gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade with one accord. 13 None of the others dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem. 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were being added to their number.

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  • Acts 17:8-13
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    8They stirred up the crowd and the city rulers as they heard these things.

    9After receiving a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.

    10Immediately, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. Upon arriving, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

    11The Bereans were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

    12As a result, many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.

    13But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the Word of God in Berea as well, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

  • Acts 17:33-34
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    33At that, Paul left the assembly.

    34But some men joined him and believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

  • Acts 14:1
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    1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

  • Acts 17:5-6
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    5But the Jews, becoming jealous, gathered some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and caused an uproar in the city. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the assembly.

    6When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city rulers, shouting, 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here too.'

  • Acts 28:24
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    24Some were convinced by what he said, but others did not believe.

  • Acts 4:4
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    4But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

  • Acts 18:7-8
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    7Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

    8Crispus, the synagogue leader, believed in the Lord together with his entire household. Many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.

  • Acts 11:20-21
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    20But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and also began speaking to the Greeks, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

    21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 16:12-16
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    12From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. We stayed there for several days.

    13On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.

    14One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

    15After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, 'If you consider me faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my house.' And she persuaded us.

    16As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a servant girl who had a spirit of divination. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.

  • Acts 5:13-14
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    13None of the others dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem.

    14Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were being added to their number.

  • Acts 18:4
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    4Every Sabbath, he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

  • Acts 14:4
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    4The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, while others supported the apostles.

  • Acts 17:1-2
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    1After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

    2According to his custom, Paul went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures.

  • Acts 13:43-44
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    43After the synagogue meeting had ended, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

    44On the following Sabbath, almost the entire city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

  • Acts 19:18
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    18Many who had believed came confessing and disclosing their practices.

  • Acts 13:50
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    50But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.

  • Acts 16:34
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    34The jailer brought them into his house, set a meal before them, and rejoiced greatly because he and his whole household had come to believe in God.

  • Acts 21:19-20
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    19After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

    20When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, 'You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.'

  • Acts 9:42
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    42This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

  • Acts 18:27
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    27When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.

  • Acts 16:19
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    19When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

  • Acts 16:39-40
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    39So they came to appease them, escorted them out of the prison, and requested them to leave the city.

    40After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house. There they met with the brothers and sisters, encouraged them, and then left.

  • Acts 8:12
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    12But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

  • Acts 19:29
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    29The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

  • Acts 18:12
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    12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat.

  • Acts 13:12
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    12Then the proconsul, when he saw what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

  • Acts 24:24
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    24After some days, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Acts 17:17
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    17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout people, and every day in the marketplace with those who happened to be there.

  • John 4:41
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    41And many more believed because of what he said.

  • Acts 16:22
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    22The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.