Albert Barnes Commentary Acts 17:4

Albert Barnes Commentary

Acts 17:4

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Acts 17:4

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas, and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few." — Acts 17:4 (ASV)

And consorted. Literally, they had their lot with Paul and Silas; that is, they united themselves to them and became their disciples. The word is commonly applied to those who are partakers of an inheritance.

And of the devout Greeks. Religious Greeks; or, those who worshipped God. Those who had renounced the worship of idols, attended the worship of the synagogue, but were not fully admitted to the privileges of Jewish proselytes, were denoted by this term. They were called, by the Jews, "proselytes of the gate."

And of the chief women. See Barnes on Acts 13:50.