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Acts 17:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

12 Many people therefore became believers [in Christ], including a number of leading Greek women and also a number of men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

12 Many of them therefore became believers, together with not a few prominent Greeks, women as well as men.

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American Standard Version (1901)

12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.

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Common English Bible

12 Many came to believe, including a number of reputable Greek women and many Greek men.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

12 And indeed, many believed among them, as well as not a few among the honorable Gentile men and women.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

12 And many indeed of them believed, and of honourable women that were Gentiles, and of men not a few.

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Acts 17:12
13 Cross References  

Joseph, from Arimathea, a highly respected member of the [Jewish] Council, who was expecting the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate [i.e., the Roman appointed governor] and asked [him] for the body of Jesus.


If anyone [really] desires to do what God wants, he will know whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority [only].


But Paul and Barnabas [continued to] speak out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the message of God be delivered to you [Jews] first. But since you have rejected it and [thereby] consider yourselves to be unworthy of [receiving] never ending life, we [i.e., Paul and Barnabas] will now begin proclaiming it to the [unconverted] Gentiles.


But the Jews incited the devoted [non-Jewish] women who held respected positions, and the principal men of the city, by stirring up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and [succeeded] in running them out of the region.


It happened in Iconium that Paul and Barnabas [again] entered the Jewish synagogue and presented the message [so powerfully] that a large number of both Jews and Greeks [i.e., Gentiles] became believers.


praising God and enjoying favor with all the people [of the area]. And every day the Lord added to their number [i.e., to the church] those who were being saved [i.e., upon their obedience to the Gospel].


Now consider how you were when you were called, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were from prominent families.


So, it says, “You who are asleep, wake up and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you [i.e., illuminate you].” [Note: The foregoing words may have been an early saying, used at someone’s immersion, which included the ideas of “rising up” (See Col. 2:12) and “illumination” (See Heb. 6:4) ].


And the wealthy person [should be happy] that he is humbled [by God], because he will pass away like a flower [blossoming] from grass.


Therefore, you should put away [from you] all moral filth and overflowing wickedness and humbly receive the word [of God], planted within you [by the Holy Spirit. See John 16:8], which is capable of saving your souls.


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