Now while Paul waited for them in Athens (Εν δε ταις Αθηναις εκδεχομενου αυτους του Παυλου). Genitive absolute with present middle…

Now while Paul waited. How long he was there is not indicated; but undoubtedly some time would pass before they could arrive. Meanwhile, P…

His spirit was stirred in him.—The verb is the root of the noun from which we get our “paroxysm,” and which is translated…

Athens is five miles inland from its port of Piraeus, which is on an arm of the Aegean Sea stretching fifty miles between Attica and the Peloponnes…

Was sore grieved. Though Paul, wherever he went, resolutely carried out the teaching role that he knew was entrusted to him, Luke shows th…

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens .
&c.] That is, for Silas and Timotheus:

his spirit was …

Athens was then famed for refined learning, philosophy, and the fine arts; yet no one is more childish, superstitious, impious, or credulous than s…