Acts 17:4

World English Bible (2000)

Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

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  • Acts 17:12 : 12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
  • Acts 14:4 : 4 But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.
  • Acts 13:43 : 43 Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.
  • Acts 14:1 : 1 It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
  • Acts 15:27 : 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
  • Acts 15:32 : 32 Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
  • Acts 15:40 : 40 but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
  • Acts 16:3 : 3 Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
  • Acts 17:17 : 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
  • Acts 17:34 : 34 But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
  • Acts 18:4 : 4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
  • Acts 19:10 : 10 This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
  • Acts 21:28 : 28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"
  • Acts 28:24 : 24 Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
  • 2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you. 18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."
  • 2 Cor 8:5 : 5 This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a 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 them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover 8 If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
  • Song 6:1 : 1 Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved
  • Zech 2:11 : 11 Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.
  • Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come; 21 and the inhabitants of one shall go to another, saying, 'Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of Armies. I will go also.' 22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of Armies in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Yahweh." 23 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, 'We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"
  • John 7:35 : 35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, "Where will this man go that we won't find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
  • Acts 2:41-42 : 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls. 42 They continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
  • Acts 2:44 : 44 All who believed were together, and had all things in common.
  • Acts 4:23 : 23 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
  • Acts 5:12-14 : 12 By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 13 None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them. 14 More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

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  • Acts 17:8-13
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    8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

    9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

    10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

    11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

    12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.

    13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.

  • Acts 17:33-34
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    33 Thus Paul went out from among them.

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

  • Acts 14:1
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    1 It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

  • Acts 17:5-6
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    5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

    6 When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

  • Acts 28:24
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    24 Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.

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

  • Acts 18:7-8
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    7 He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

    8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

  • Acts 11:20-21
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    20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

    21 The 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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    12 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

    13 On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.

    14 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

    15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.

    16 It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

  • Acts 5:13-14
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    13 None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

    14 More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

  • Acts 18:4
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    4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

  • Acts 14:4
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    4 But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

  • Acts 17:1-2
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    1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

    2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

  • Acts 13:43-44
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    43 Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

    44 The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

  • Acts 19:18
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    18 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

  • Acts 13:50
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    50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

  • Acts 16:34
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    34 He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.

  • Acts 21:19-20
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    19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

    20 They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

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

  • Acts 18:27
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    27 When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

  • Acts 16:19
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    19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

  • Acts 16:39-40
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    39 and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

    40 They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.

  • Acts 8:12
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    12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

  • Acts 19:29
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    29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel.

  • Acts 18:12
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    12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

  • Acts 13:12
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    12 Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17 It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

  • Acts 24:24
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    24 But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Acts 17:17
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    17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.

  • John 4:41
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    41 Many more believed because of his word.

  • Acts 16:22
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    22 The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27 When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.