One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Acts 17:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Some of them were persuaded, and joined Sha'ul and Sila, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief 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. |
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved
Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.
The Judeans therefore said among themselves, *Where will this man go that we won't find him? Will he go to the Diaspora among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Judeans and of the devout proselytes followed Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba, and threw them out of their borders.
It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the Jewish synagogue, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the emissaries.
Then it seemed good to the emissaries and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba: Yehudah called Bar-Sabba, and Sila, chief men among the brothers.
We have sent therefore Yehudah and Sila, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
Yehudah and Sila, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.
but Sha'ul chose Sila, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
Sha'ul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
The brothers immediately sent Sha'ul and Sila away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
Then the brothers immediately sent out Sha'ul to go as far as to the sea, and Sila and Timothy still stayed there.
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
He reasoned in the synagogue every Shabbat, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Yeshua, both Jews and Greeks.
crying out, *Men of Yisra'el, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the Torah, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!*
Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief Kohanim and the elders had said to them.
This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.