Clave unto him and believed (κολληθεντες αυτω επιστευσαν). First aorist passive of this strong word κολλαω, to glue to, common in …

Joined themselves to him. Adhered to him firmly; embraced the Christian religion.

Dionysius. Nothing more is certainly kno…

Certain men adhered to him.—The word implies practically both companionship and conversion. There was an attractive power in the A…

Among whom was also Dionysius. Since Luke names only one man and one woman, it appears that there was only a small number of those who bel…

Howbeit, certain men clave unto him, and believed
There were some who were ordained to eternal life, to whom the Gos…

The apostle was treated with more outward civility at Athens than in some other places; but none despised his doctrine more, or treated it with mor…