Wednesday, 24 May 2023
explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.” Acts 17:3
The translation is more closely rende…
Thursday, 25 May 2023
And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas. Acts 17:4
A more literal rendering than that of the NKJV needs…
Friday, 26 May 2023
But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to b…
Saturday, 27 May 2023
But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. Acts 17:6
In the previou…
Sunday, 28 May 2023
“Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.” Acts 17:7
In the previous verse, Jason and some of his guests were dragged ou…
Monday, 29 May 2023
And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things. Acts 17:8
In the previous verse, those who came against the believers charged them with “acting contrary to the dec…
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. Acts 17:9
In the last verse, the evil men who had gathered a mob were said to have troubled the crowd and the rulers of the …
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. Acts 17:10
In the previous verse, security was taken from Jaso…
Thursday, 1 June 2023
These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. Acts 17:11
The …
Friday, 2 June 2023
Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men. Acts 17:12
The NKJV changes the structure of the second clause so that it does not reflect the Greek.…
Saturday, 3 June 2023
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds. Acts 17:13
In the previous verse, it said that many in…
Sunday, 4 June 2023
Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there. Acts 17:14
In the previous verse, the Jews from Thessalonica came to Berea and stirred up the…
Monday, 5 June 2023
So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed. Acts 17:15
Paul was just conducted out of Berea either to…
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols. Acts 17:16
In the last verse, Paul was brought to Athens and then he ha…
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
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. Acts 17:17
The NKJV, though cleaning up the K…
Thursday, 8 June 2023
Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?”
Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to t…
Friday, 9 June 2023
And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak? Acts 17:19
The previous verse noted the questioning of the Epicureans and Stoics …
Saturday, 10 June 2023
“For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.” Acts 17:20
In the previous verse, Paul was taken to the Areopagus and asked what the new te…
Sunday, 11 June 2023
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. Acts 17:21
The translation is more succinct, saying, “Now all At…
Monday, 12 June 2023
Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; Acts 17:22
A more literal translation would say, “And Paul, having stood …
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
“for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I p…
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
“God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Acts 17:24
Again, as with the previous verse, the NKJV cleans up the…
Thursday, 15 June 2023
“Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. Acts 17:25
The words more correctly read, “nor is he attended by humans’ han…
Friday, 16 June 2023
“And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, Acts 17:26
In the previou…
