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Soοὖνmanyπολλοὶofἐξthemαὐτῶνbelieved,ἐπίστευσανandκαὶalsoof the Greekτῶν Ἑλληνίδωνwomenγυναικῶνof high standingτῶν εὐσχημόνωνandκαὶof men,ἀνδρῶνnotοὐκa few.ὀλίγοι
Acts 17:12
Study it in the app“So many of them believed, and also of the Greek women of high standing and of men, not a few.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 17:12, word by word
- manyπολλοὶpolloi
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polloi” appears- believedἐπίστευσανepisteusan
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “episteusan” appears- of the GreekἙλληνίδωνHellēnidōn
Greek woman
Greek woman; a woman who was not Jewish.
Where else “Hellēnidōn” appears- womenγυναικῶνgynaikōn
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynaikōn” appears- of high standingεὐσχημόνωνeuschēmonōn
prominent
Of good rank, well regarded.
Where else “euschēmonōn” appears- of menἀνδρῶνandrōn
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andrōn” appears- a fewὀλίγοιoligoi
few
In small number or amount, not many.
Where else “oligoi” appears
The context
11Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
12 · This verse (above)
13But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.
To study Acts 17 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people of Berea do with what Paul said, and what came of it? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
In Athens, Paul starts from the altar "to an unknown god" (vv. 22-23). Why does he begin with something they already knew?
3. How I live it
When talking with someone who thinks differently, how can you start from what you share and listen with respect?