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Acts 17:12 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Acts 17:12Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 17:1216 words
GreekMeaning
πολλοὶpolloi
ManyadjectiveG4183
μὲνmen
indeedwordG3303
οὖνoun
thereforewordG3767
ἐξex
ofprepositionG1537
αὐτῶνautōn
thempronounG846
ἐπίστευσανepisteusan
believedverbG4100
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τῶνtōn
of thearticleG3588
ἙλληνίδωνHellēnidōn
GreciannounG1674
γυναικῶνgynaikōn
womennounG1135
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
εὐσχημόνωνeuschēmonōn
prominentadjectiveG2158
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἀνδρῶνandrōn
mennounG435
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ὀλίγοιoligoi
a fewadjectiveG3641
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 17:12

Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came there also, and stirred up the people. And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. Acts 17:12-14 See how he at one time gives way, at another presses on, and in many things takes his measures…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 37 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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