Acts 17:34

Plain English Version

But some of the others believed what Paul said, and they believed in Jesus. One of them was a council man called Dionisius. And another one was an important woman called Damaris. And there were some other people that believed in Jesus too.

Cross References

Matthew 20:16

Then Jesus told them what that story means. He said, “One day, those people that are the last ones now, they will be the first ones. And those people that are the first ones now, they will be the last ones.” (We have not yet translated 20:17—21:27. You can read that story and those messages in Mark 10:32—11:33.)

Acts 13:48

Those people that were not Jews heard those words, and they were very happy. They said, “Thank you God for this message. It is really good.” And a lot of people there believed in Jesus. You see, a long time before that, God picked those people to live with him for ever.

Acts 17:19

So they took Paul to a meeting of the city council, and they asked him, “What are you telling everyone? Tell us what this new message is all about.

Acts 17:22

Then Paul stood up and talked to the council mob at Athens. He said, “I can see that you Athens mob think a lot about gods.

Acts 17:33

So Paul left that council meeting.

Acts 17:4

A lot of people there believed that message about Jesus, and they joined Paul and Silas. Some of those people were Jews, and some of them were not Jews but they respected God, and a lot of them were important women.

Philippians 4:22

All of God’s people say hello to you. There are some Christians here that live in the house that belongs to the really big government boss, and they say a special hello to you.