Acts 17:33

So Paul departed from among them.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
So	οὕτως houtōs	G3779	in this way (referring to what precedes or follows) · adverb
Paul	Παῦλος Paulos	G3972	(little · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
departed	ἐξῆλθεν exēlthen	G1831	to issue (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
from	ἐκ ek	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
among	μέσου mesou	G3319	middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun) · adjective — genitive singular neuter
them	αὐτῶν.¶ autōn	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:32–end

We have here a short account of the issue of Paul's preaching at Athens. I. Few were the better: the gospel had as little success at Athens as any where; for the pride of the philosophers there, as of the Pharisees at Jerusalem, prejudiced them against the gospel of Christ. 1. Some ridiculed Paul and his preaching. They heard him patiently till he came to speak of the resurrection of the dead (Act 17:32), and then some of them began to hiss him: they mocked. What he had said before was somewhat like what they had sometimes heard in their own schools, and some notion they had of a resurrection, as it signifies a future state; but, if he speak of a resurrection of the dead, though it be of the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 17:33

So Paul departed--Whether he would have opened, to any extent, the Gospel scheme in this address, if he had not been interrupted, or whether he reserved this for exposition afterwards to earnest inquirers, we cannot tell. Only the speech is not to be judged of as quite complete.

Adam Clarke on Acts 17:33

So Paul departed from among them - He could not be convicted of having done any thing contrary to the law; and, when the assembly broke up, he was permitted to go about his own business.

John Gill on Acts 17:33

So Paul departed from among them. As it was high time, when they fell to deriding and scoffing at him; for hereby they judged themselves unworthy of the Gospel ministry: the Ethiopic version adds, "from Athens"; but it does not appear that the apostle went directly out of the city; we read afterwards of his departing from Athens, Acts 18:1 but the sense is, that he went out of the Areopagus, from that court of judicature; and from among the judges of it, and the philosophers of every sect, that stood around him in it; they having no more to say to him, nor he to them. And this shows, that he was not brought to be tried and judged, in order to be punished, but only to be heard concerning his…

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The Church Fathers

"And so," it says, "Paul went forth." How? Having persuaded some; derided by others. "But certain men," it says, "clave unto him, and believed, among whom was also Dionysius the Areopagite and some others." He did convert both Dionysius the Areopagite, and some others. For those who were careful of right living, quickly received the word; but the others not so.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 39

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Dictionary and topics

Athens · A city of Greece — A city of Greece
Mars’ Hill · A hill in Athens — A hill in Athens

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Acts 17:33

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:32–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 17:33

Adam Clarke on Acts 17:33

John Gill on Acts 17:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Acts 17:33

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:32–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 17:33

Adam Clarke on Acts 17:33

John Gill on Acts 17:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 17:30–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 17:32