Acts 17:12 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 17:12

Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

many, indeed, therefore, of them did believe, and of the honourable Greek women and men not a few.

DBT

Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Acts 17:4
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
Acts 14:1
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
Acts 13:50
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Acts 17:2–4
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

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(3) that no faith but such as results from personal conviction ought to be demanded, or is of any avail. of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men--which were Greeks. not a few--"The upper classes in these European-Greek and Romanized towns were probably better educated than those of Asia Minor" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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