The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
Acts 17:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And some of them [accordingly] were induced to believe and associated themselves with Paul and Silas, as did a great number of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Some were convinced and joined Paul and Silas, including a larger number of Greek God-worshippers and quite a few prominent women. Catholic Public Domain Version And some of them believed and were joined to Paul and Silas, and a great number of these were from the worshipers and the Gentiles, and not a few were noble women. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And some of them believed, and were associated to Paul and Silas; and of those that served God, and of the Gentiles a great multitude, and of noble women not a few. |
The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.
Where has your love gone, most beautiful of women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
‘Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.
Then the Jews said to one another, ‘Where does he intend to go that we won’t find him? He doesn’t intend to go to the Jewish people dispersed , among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does he?
After the synagogue had been dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.
But the Jews incited the prominent God-fearing women and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.
In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue, as usual, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and others with the apostles.
Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.
Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who will personally report the same things by word of mouth.
Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and sisters and strengthened them with a long message.
But Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended by the brothers and sisters to the grace of the Lord.
Paul wanted Timothy to go with him; so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.
As soon as it was night, the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. Upon arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men.
Then the brothers and sisters immediately sent Paul away to go to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed on there.
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshipped God, as well as in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
However, some people joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
This went on for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
shouting, ‘Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.’
After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will.