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Text -- Acts 17:33 (NET)

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17:33 So Paul left the Areopagus.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Paul a man from Tarsus who persecuted the church but became a missionary and writer of 13 Epistles


Dictionary Themes and Topics: TRUTH | TROPHIMUS | THESSALONIANS, THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE | Paul | Mars' Hill | Athens | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE | more
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Robertson: Act 17:33 - -- Thus Paul went out from among them ( houtōs ho Paulos exēlthen ek mesou autōn ). No further questions, no effort to arrest him, no further ridi...

Thus Paul went out from among them ( houtōs ho Paulos exēlthen ek mesou autōn ).

No further questions, no effort to arrest him, no further ridicule. He walked out never to return to Athens. Had he failed?

Wesley: Act 17:33 - -- Leaving his hearers divided in their judgment.

Leaving his hearers divided in their judgment.

JFB: Act 17:32-34 - -- As the Greek religion was but the glorification of the present life, by the worship of all its most beauteous forms, the Resurrection, which presuppos...

As the Greek religion was but the glorification of the present life, by the worship of all its most beauteous forms, the Resurrection, which presupposes the vanity of the present life, and is nothing but life out of the death of all that sin has blighted, could have no charm for the true Greek. It gave the death blow to his fundamental and most cherished ideas; nor until these were seen to be false and fatal could the Resurrection, and the Gospel of which it was a primary doctrine, seem otherwise than ridiculous.

JFB: Act 17:32-34 - -- "an idle compliment to Paul and an opiate to their consciences, such as we often meet with in our own day. They probably, like Felix, feared to hear m...

"an idle compliment to Paul and an opiate to their consciences, such as we often meet with in our own day. They probably, like Felix, feared to hear more, lest they should be constrained to believe unwelcome truths" (Act 24:25; and compare Mat 13:15) [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].

JFB: Act 17:33 - -- Whether he would have opened, to any extent, the Gospel scheme in this address, if he had not been interrupted, or whether he reserved this for exposi...

Whether he would have opened, to any extent, the Gospel scheme in this address, if he had not been interrupted, or whether he reserved this for exposition afterwards to earnest inquirers, we cannot tell. Only the speech is not to be judged of as quite complete.

Clarke: Act 17:33 - -- So Paul departed from among them - He could not be convicted of having done any thing contrary to the law; and, when the assembly broke up, he was p...

So Paul departed from among them - He could not be convicted of having done any thing contrary to the law; and, when the assembly broke up, he was permitted to go about his own business.

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Act 17:33 - -- So Paul departed - Seeing there was little hope of saving them. It was not his custom to labor long in a barren field, or to preach where there...

So Paul departed - Seeing there was little hope of saving them. It was not his custom to labor long in a barren field, or to preach where there was no prospect of success.

Poole: Act 17:33 - -- Leaving what he had said to God’ s blessing and their consideration.

Leaving what he had said to God’ s blessing and their consideration.

Gill: Act 17:33 - -- So Paul departed from among them. As it was high time, when they fell to deriding and scoffing at him; for hereby they judged themselves unworthy of t...

So Paul departed from among them. As it was high time, when they fell to deriding and scoffing at him; for hereby they judged themselves unworthy of the Gospel ministry: the Ethiopic version adds, "from Athens"; but it does not appear that the apostle went directly out of the city; we read afterwards of his departing from Athens, Act 18:1 but the sense is, that he went out of the Areopagus, from that court of judicature; and from among the judges of it, and the philosophers of every sect, that stood around him in it; they having no more to say to him, nor he to them. And this shows, that he was not brought to be tried and judged, in order to be punished, but only to be heard concerning his doctrine; of which, when they had heard enough, he departed quietly, no one molesting him, unless with scoffs and jeers.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 17:33 Grk “left out of their midst”; the referent (the Areopagus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Act 17:1-34 - --1 Paul preaches at Thessalonica, where some believe,5 and others persecute him.10 He is sent to Berea, and preaches there.13 Being persecuted by Jews ...

Combined Bible: Act 17:33 - --notes on verse 32     

Maclaren: Act 17:22-34 - --Paul At Athens Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23. For...

MHCC: Act 17:32-34 - --The apostle was treated with more outward civility at Athens than in some other places; but none more despised his doctrine, or treated it with more i...

Matthew Henry: Act 17:32-34 - -- We have here a short account of the issue of Paul's preaching at Athens. I. Few were the better: the gospel had as little success at Athens as any w...

Barclay: Act 17:32-34 - --It would seem on the whole that Paul had less success in Athens than anywhere else. It was typical of the Athenians that all they wanted was to talk....

Constable: Act 9:32--Rom 1:1 - --III. THE WITNESS TO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH 9:32--28:31 Luke next recorded the church's expansion beyond...

Constable: Act 16:6--19:21 - --C. The extension of the church to the Aegean shores 16:6-19:20 The missionary outreach narrated in this ...

Constable: Act 17:16--18:18 - --3. The ministry in Achaia 17:16-18:17 Luke recorded this section to document the advance of the ...

Constable: Act 17:32-34 - --The response to Paul's preaching 17:32-34 Most Greeks rejected the possibility o...

College: Act 17:1-34 - --ACTS 17 9. The Visits at Amphipolis and Apollonia (17:1a) 1 When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, After leaving Philippi Paul's st...

McGarvey: Act 17:32-33 - --32, 33. (32) " And when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear you again concerning this matter. (33) So...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES By Way of Introduction But for the Acts we should know nothing of the early apostolic period save what is told in the Epi...

JFB: Acts (Book Introduction) THIS book is to the Gospels what the fruit is to the tree that bears it. In the Gospels we see the corn of wheat falling into the ground and dying: in...

JFB: Acts (Outline) INTRODUCTION--LAST DAYS OF OUR LORD UPON EARTH--HIS ASCENSION. (Act 1:1-11) RETURN OF THE ELEVEN TO JERUSALEM--PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER ROOM TILL PEN...

TSK: Acts (Book Introduction) The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the Christian church, as an...

TSK: Acts 17 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Act 17:1, Paul preaches at Thessalonica, where some believe, Act 17:5, and others persecute him; Act 17:10, He is sent to Berea, and prea...

Poole: Acts 17 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 17

MHCC: Acts (Book Introduction) This book unites the Gospels to the Epistles. It contains many particulars concerning the apostles Peter and Paul, and of the Christian church from th...

MHCC: Acts 17 (Chapter Introduction) (Act 17:1-9) Paul at Thessalonica. (Act 17:10-15) The noble conduct of the Bereans. (Act 17:16-21) Paul at Athens. (Act 17:22-31) He preaches there...

Matthew Henry: Acts (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Acts of the Apostles We have with an abundant satisfaction seen the foundation of our holy religion...

Matthew Henry: Acts 17 (Chapter Introduction) We have here a further account of the travels of Paul, and his services and sufferings for Christ. He was not like a candle upon a table, that give...

Barclay: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES A Precious Book In one sense Acts is the most important book in the New Testament. It is the simple truth t...

Barclay: Acts 17 (Chapter Introduction) In Thessalonica (Act_17:1-9) On To Beroea (Act_17:10-15) Alone In Athens (Act_17:16-21) A Sermon To The Philosophers (Act_17:22-31) The Reactions...

Constable: Acts (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title "Acts of the Apostles" is very ancient. The Anti-Marcioni...

Constable: Acts (Outline) Outline I. The witness in Jerusalem 1:1-6:7 A. The founding of the church 1:1-2:46 ...

Constable: Acts Acts Bibliography Albright, William Foxwell. The Archaeology of Palestine. 1949. Revised ed. Pelican Archaeolog...

Haydock: Acts (Book Introduction) THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. INTRODUCTION. St. Luke, who had published his gospel, wrote also a second volume, which, from the first ages, hath bee...

Gill: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ACTS This book, in some copies, is called, "The Acts of the holy Apostles". It contains an history of the ministry and miracles of ...

College: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION As early as the second century the title "The Acts of the Apostles" was given to this document. Before that time the work probably circu...

College: Acts (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM - 1:1-8:1a A. INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK - 1:1-3 B. THE COMMISSIONING OF THE APOSTLES - 1:4-8 C. THE ASCENSI...

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