Acts 17:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 17:17

15 So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and ^areceiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.

The Philosophers at Athens

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, ^ahis spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was¹ given over to idols.

17 Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there.

18 Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this² babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them ^aJesus and the resurrection.

19 And they took him and brought him to the¹ Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?

20 For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”

21 For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

Verse Comparison: Acts 17:17

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American Standard Version
So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.

Amplified® Bible
So he reasoned {and} argued in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped there, and in the marketplace [where assemblies are held] day after day with any who chanced to be there.

Contemporary English Version
He went to the Jewish meeting place to speak to the Jews and to anyone who worshiped with them. Day after day he also spoke to everyone he met in the market.

Darby English Version
He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.

Good News Bible
So he held discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentiles who worshiped God, and also in the public square every day with the people who happened to come by.

International Standard Version
So he began holding discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and other worshipers, as well as every day in the public square with anyone who happened to be there.

King James Version
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

New American Standard Bible
So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing {Gentiles,} and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present.

New International Version
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.

New King James Version
Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to mill around.

Young's Literal Translation
therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshipping persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met with him.

New English Translation
So he was addressing¹ the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles² in the synagogue,³ and in the marketplace every day⁴ those who happened to be there.

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