Acts 17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of those of Judah.

Acts 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

Acts 17:3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered and risen again from the dead and that this Emmanuel, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

Acts 17:4 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.

Acts 17:5 But the Jews.(these ones named themselves Jewish to hide who they really were, but weren't at all descendants of the tribe of Judah).which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort and gathered a company and set all the city on an uproar and assaulted the house of Jason and sought to bring them out to the people.

The same is done today by the satanic criminal politicians using Black Lives Matter and/or Antifa, etc., as they attempt to upset society in ways possible to break it apart. Such has always been the satanic way.

Acts 17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.

Acts 17:7,8 Whom Jason has received and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar.(trying to get other into trouble:.Revelation 12:10).saying that there is another king, one Emmanuel. And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city when they heard these things. 

Acts 17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason and of the others they let them go.

Barnes Notes:.'taken security' is an expression taken from courts and means that Jason and the other gave satisfaction to the magistrates for the good conduct of Paul and Silas and became responsible for it. Whether it was by depositing a sum of money and by thus giving bail is not quite clear. The sense is, that they did it in accordance with the Roman usages and gave sufficient security for the good conduct of Paul and Silas. Heuman supposes that the pledge given was, that they should leave the city. Michaelis thinks that they gave a pledge that they would no more harbor them, but that if they returned again to them, they would deliver them to the magistrates.

Acts 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea, who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Judeans.

Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind.(they were open to the new things of spirituality and willing to take the time to prove them true, as best they knew how to and were not close-minded as those in Thessalonica were and not lazy beasts as those on the island of Crete were:.Titus 1:12).and searched.(original for 'searched' is 'examined' and to examine you need take some study time) the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

John 5:39 "Search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life and they are they which testify of me.".They researched and sought truth with prayerful guidance, checking out the scriptures, seeing how information told to them by others played out, that is, seeing, as best they knew how (one way:.Matthew 7:16-20), if there was any love, truth and accuracy to what they were hearing (Romans 13:10) or was it all just a bunch of hypocrisy without any substance to it, like this.

1Thessalonians 5:21.

Acts 17:12,13 Therefore many of them believed also of honourable women which were Greeks and of men not a few. But when those who called themselves Jews.of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea they came thither also and stirred up the people.

Acts 17:5.

Acts 17:14,15 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea, but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

Acts 17:16,17 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Judeans and with the devout persons and in the market daily with them that met with him.

Acts 17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? Others said, He seems to be a setter forth of strange Gods. Because he preached unto them Emmanuel and the resurrection.

Acts 17:19 And they took him and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof you speak, is?

Acts 17:20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We would know therefore what these things mean.

Acts 17:21 For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.(*).

Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill and said, You men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are careful in doing what you believe to be right concerning your gods.(and they had many).

Acts 17:23 For as I passed by and noticed your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription 'To The Unknown God'. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

These superstitious Greeks way back when, wanted to be sure that they covered any and all Gods that existed. These people were interested in any and all attentions that pertained to spiritual deities.

Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is creator of heaven and Earth, dwells not in temples made with hands.(Ephesians 2:22);

Well then, where does He live?

Acts 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything.(God has all to give for all comes from Him {Genesis 2:7; Numbers 16:22; Daniel 5:23}.so what physical things would He ever require, if amythings?.Psalms 50:10-12; Isaiah 66:2), seeing the true God gives to all.(even the horribly corrupt satanists breath, but they aren't thankful to the real God for anything; they have their own god, Satan), life and breath and all things;

Well how then should God be worshipped?.Psalms 134;2.

Acts 17:26 And has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the Earth and has determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation.

God determines the positioning of nations on the Earth in relation to each other and when the land areas became that way.

Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.

Acts 17:28 For in him we live and move and have our being, as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Acts 17:28 For in.(poets - from Phaenom. v. 5 and in Cleanthus in a hymn to Jupiter. Substantially the same sentiment is found in several other Greek poets. Aratus was a Greek poet of Cilicia, the native place of Paul and flourished about 277 years before Christ. As Paul was a native of the same country, it is highly probable he was acquainted with his writings; original for word 'in' is 'in', 'by', 'among', 'through', more on it).him we live and move and have our being.(the Great Conscious Infinite Intelligence is the intelligent energy that is all things, that is what is below the atom.where it's.all.the same intelligent energy:.Colossians 1:16), as certain also of your own poets.(Barnes Notes: Paul speaking in this verse about a quote from the Greek poet Aratus in the writings in Phaenom, verse 5 and in Cleanthus in a hymn to Jupiter. Aratus was a Greek poet of Cilicia, the native place of Paul and flourished about 277 years before Emmanuel the Christ. As Paul was a native of the same country, it is highly probable he was acquainted with the writings of Aratus).have said, For we are also his offspring.(*).

Adam Clarke's Commentary:."As certain also of your own poets. Probably he means not only Aratus, in whose poem, entitled.Phaenomena, the words quoted by Paul are to be found literatim, but also Cleanthus, in whose.Hymn to Jupiter, the same words occur. The sentiment is also found in several others, being very common among the more enlightened philosophers. By saying "your own poets" he does not mean poets born at Athens, but merely Grecian poets, Aratus and Cleanthus being chief. Aratus was a Cilician, one of Paul's own countrymen and with his writings Paul was undoubtedly well acquainted, though he had flourished about 300 years before that time."
Barnes Notes:."For we are also his offspring.is proof of Paul's address and skill, as well as his acquaintance with his hearers and with the Greek poets, that he was able to adduce a sentiment so directly in point and that had the concurrent testimony of so many of the Greeks themselves. It is one instance among thousands where an acquaintance with profane learning may be of use."
Paul often used psychology in reaching the hearts of others with his main message of the gospel.

Acts 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver or stone.(many idols), graven.(engraved).by art and man's device.

Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at but now commands.all humans everywhere.to repent.

Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance.(Acts 14;16).God winked at but now commands.(or, 'has a message for' as the original has it).all.(*) men.(word 'men' is used generically of a group of both men and women & children - humanity, as opposed to some of the mankind group, the 'kind of like man' group).everywhere to repent.

And there are some who were created by God, as strange as this may sound, to be of an evil bloodline for awhile, such as was Esau and there were other evil ones who were to be eliminated.

The word 'repent' means 'to change' (Matthew 21:32) to what, from what. It's now the time of the New Testament, the time for the awakening of everyone:.John 17:6. Awakening to what; awakening to what was unavailable in Old Testament times.

Repentance is the way God uses to return the world to Him. What's this return mean?.2Timothy 1:9.

How does one awaken and change? By growing in knowledge of the truth, once the mind has been awakened to it:.1Timothy 2:4;.John 5:25; Romans 5:18; 13:11; 1Timothy 2:4; 2Corinthians 6:2; Matthew 3:1,2; Mark 16:15.

Acts 17:31 Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained, whereof he has given assurance unto all men in that he has raised him from the dead.

Acts 17:31 Because he has appointed a day.(what day?), in the which he will judge the world in righteousness.(the world is judged by the laws of love, which are the ways of a higher consciousness the Creator has set up, not that the Creator specifically judges, because in actuality, it's we who judge ourselves; the world now is judged by the laws set up to show humanity results of both the evil and good ways; the invisible world is noting and watching).by that man.(that's why Christ was sent to Earth).whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.(verse 3).

If 'in Christ', you have assurance of a resurrection.

Acts 17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. And others said, We will hear you again of this matter.

They were intrigued and wanted to hear more.

Acts 17:33,34 So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit certain men clave unto him and believed, among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

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