Kisah Para Rasul 17:12

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Banyak di antara mereka yang menjadi percaya; juga tidak sedikit di antara perempuan-perempuan terkemuka dan laki-laki Yunani.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Banyak di antara mereka yang menjadi percaya; juga tidak sedikit di antara perempuan-perempuan terkemuka dan laki-laki Yunani.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Oleh sebab itu banyaklah orang di antara mereka itu yang percaya, demikian juga daripada perempuan Gerika yang kaya-kaya dan banyak laki-laki.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ And the brethren immediatlye sent away Paul & Silas by nyght, vnto Berea: Which when they were come thyther, they entred into the synagogue of the Iewes. ¹¹ These were the noblest of birth among them of Thessalonica, which receaued the worde with all redynesse of mynde, and searched the scriptures dayly, whether those thynges were so. ¹² Therfore many of them beleued. Also of honest women which were Grekes, and of men not a fewe. ¹³ But when the Iewes of Thessalonica had knowledge that ye worde of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thyther and moued the people. ¹⁴ And then immediatly the brethren sent away Paul, to go as it were to the sea: but Silas & Timotheus abode there styll. ¹⁵ And they that guyded Paul, brought hym vnto Athens, and receaued a commaundement vnto Silas & Timotheus for to come to hym with speede, & went their way.

Bible Verse Review
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many: Acts 17:2-4, Acts 13:46, Acts 14:1, Psalms 25:8, Psalms 25:9, John 1:45-49, John 7:17, Ephesians 5:14, James 1:21

honourable: Acts 13:50, 1 Corinthians 1:26, James 1:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:19 - honourable Proverbs 8:34 - watching Song of Solomon 8:2 - who Matthew 13:11 - Because Luke 16:29 - have John 3:21 - he that John 4:42 - for Acts 8:28 - and sitting Acts 10:33 - are we Acts 13:7 - a prudent Acts 17:4 - and of the chief

Cross-References

Genesis 17:22
And he left of talkyng with hym, and departed vp from Abraham.

Genesis 17:23
Abraham toke Ismael his sonne, and such as were borne in his house, & al that was bought with money, as many as were men chyldren, whiche were amongst the men of Abrahams house, & circumcised the fleshe of their foreskinne euen in the selfe same day, as God had sayde vnto hym.

Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his sonne Isahac, when he was eyght dayes olde, as God commaunded him.

Leviticus 12:3
And in the eyght day, the fleshe of the childes foreskinne shalbe cut away.

Luke 1:59
And it came to passe, that on the eyght day they came to circumcise the chylde, and called his name Zacharias, after the name of his father.

Luke 2:21
And when the eygth day was come, that the chylde shoulde be circumcised, his name was called Iesus, whiche was so named of the Angel, before he was conceaued in the wombe.

Acts 7:8
And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision: And he begate Isaac, and circumcised hym the eyght day, and Isaac [begate] Iacob, and Iacob [begate] the twelue patriarkes.

Romans 2:28
For he is not a Iewe, whiche is a Iewe outwarde. Neither is that circucision which is outwarde in the fleshe:

Philippians 3:5
Circumcised the eyght day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrue of the Ebrues, after the lawe a pharisee,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore many of them believed,.... What the apostle preached, and in Jesus of Nazareth, as the true Messiah, and professed their faith in him, upon finding, through reading and searching the Scriptures, that the characters of the Messiah agreed in him, and that what the apostle delivered were entirely consonant to those writings:

also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men not a few; besides the Jews, there were Gentiles also, both men and women; who were proselytes to the Jewish religion, and who were persons of figure and credit, especially the women, who were also converted and believed in Christ. These converts were the beginning of a Gospel church state in this place, which continued many ages after. Timon, one of the first seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem, is said to be bishop of Berea; though, according to others, Onesimus, the servant of Philemon, was the first bishop of this church: even in the fifth century mention is made of Lucas, bishop of Berea, who was present in the synods of Chalcedon and Ephesus; yea, in the ninth century, there were Christians dwelling in this place p.

p Magdeburg. Hist. Eccles. cent. 5. c. 10. p. 666. cent. 9. c. 2. p. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore many of them believed - As the result of their examination. This result will commonly follow when people search the Scriptures. Much is gained when people can be induced to examine the Bible. We may commonly take it for granted that such an examination will result in their conviction of the truth. The most prominent and usual cause of infidelity is found in the fact that people will not investigate the Scriptures. Many infidels have confessed that they had never carefully read the New Testament. Thomas Paine confessed that he wrote the first part of the Age of Reason without having a Bible at hand, and without its being possible to procure one where he then was (in Paris). “I had,” says he, “neither Bible nor Testament to refer to, though I was writing against both; nor could I procure an” (Age of Reason, p. 65, ed. 1831; also p. 33). None, it may safely be affirmed, have ever read the Scriptures with candor, and with the true spirit of prayer, who have not been convinced of the truth of Christianity, and been brought to submit their souls to its influence and its consolations. The great thing which Christians desire their fellow-men to do is candidly to search the Bible, and when this is done they confidently expect that they will be truly converted to God.

Of honourable women - See the notes on Acts 13:50.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 17:12. Therefore many of them believed — From the manner in which they heard, received, and examined the word preached to them, it was not likely they could be deceived. And, as it was the truth that was proclaimed to them, it is no wonder that they apprehended, believed, and embraced it.

Of honourable women which were Greeks — Probably mere heathens are meant; and these were some of the chief families in the place. Thus we find that the preaching of Paul at Berea was made the instrument of converting both Jews and Gentiles.