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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:22

Acts 17:22. Ye are too superstitious.— Dr. Doddridge renders the original, Ye are exceedingly addicted to the worship of invisible powers; which, he observes, is very agreeable to the etymology of the word Δεισιδαιμονεστεροι, and has, what a version of scripture in such a case should always have, if possible, the ambiguity of the original; which learned writers have proved to be capable of a good as well as a bad sense: (Comp. ch. Acts 25:19.) whereas neither superstitious nor religious has... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:23

Acts 17:23. And beheld your devotions,— Σεβασματα ;—the objects, and instruments of your worship. This is the proper signification of the original, which has no English word exactly corresponding to it. (Comp. 2 Thessalonians 2:4.) Diogenes Laertius, in his life of Epimenides, gives us the following account of the inscription. He tells us, "that in the time of that philosopher, about 600 years before Christ, there was a terrible pestilence at Athens; and when none of the deities to whom they... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:25

Acts 17:25. Neither is worshipped with men's hands,— Neither is served θεραπευεται . This refers to the foolish notion among the heathens, that the gods fed on the fumes of sacrifices. Their votaries also clothed their images with splendid garments, and waited upon them in other services, ill becoming the majesty and purity essential to the Divine Nature. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:26

Acts 17:26. And hath made of one blood all nations, &c.— Παν εθνος ανθρωπων, the whole generation of men. By this expression the apostle shewed them, in the most unaffected manner, that though he was a Jew, he was not enslaved to any narrow views, but looked on all mankind in one sense as his brethren. This and the two following verses may be thus paraphrased: "And he hath made of one blood, and caused to descend from one original pair, the immediate work of his own almighty power and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:27

Acts 17:27. That they should seek the Lord,— Dr. Heylin renders this verse, That they should seek God so as to feel and find him: who is indeed already not far from any of us. The word 'Ει, here, says he, is the same as the word οτι. See ch. Acts 26:8. The word Ψηλαφησειαν, imports, actually feeling. So it is rendered handle me, Luke 24:39. The same word is used Jdg 16:26 where Samson says, suffer me that I may feel the pillars. I have been particular, says Dr. Heylin, in my remarks upon this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:28

Acts 17:28. For in him we live, and move, &c.— No words can better express that continued and necessary dependance of all derived beings, in their existence, and all their operations, on their first and almighty Cause, which the truest philosophy as well as theology teaches. The thought, in words just like these is found in an old Greek poet:—but St. Paul not mentioning it as a quotation, the reader perhaps may be inclined to think with Le Clerc, that the poet borrowed it from this passage.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 17:5

5-9. the Jews . . . moved with envy—seeing their influence undermined by this stranger. lewd fellows of the baser sort—better, perhaps, "worthless market people," that is, idle loungers about the market-place, of indifferent character. gathered a company—rather, "having raised a mob." assaulted the house of Jason—with whom Paul and Silas abode ( :-), one of Paul's kinsmen, apparently ( :-), and from his name, which was sometimes used as a Greek form of the word Joshua [GROTIUS], probably a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 17:6

6. And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers—literally, "the politarchs"; the very name given to the magistrates of Thessalonica in an inscription on a still remaining arch of the city—so minute is the accuracy of this history. crying, These that have turned the world upside down—(See on :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 17:7

7. all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, &c.—meaning, probably, nothing but what is specified in the next words. saying . . . there is another king, one Jesus—(See on :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 17:8

5-9. the Jews . . . moved with envy—seeing their influence undermined by this stranger. lewd fellows of the baser sort—better, perhaps, "worthless market people," that is, idle loungers about the market-place, of indifferent character. gathered a company—rather, "having raised a mob." assaulted the house of Jason—with whom Paul and Silas abode ( :-), one of Paul's kinsmen, apparently ( :-), and from his name, which was sometimes used as a Greek form of the word Joshua [GROTIUS], probably a... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:25

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:27

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 17:28

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 17:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 17:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 17:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 17:8

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