14 [a]But by and by the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.

15 [b]And they that did conduct Paul, [c]brought him unto Athens: and when they had received a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him at once, they departed.

16 [d]Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was [e]stirred in him, when he saw the city subject to [f]idolatry.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:14 There is neither counsel, nor fury, nor madness, against the Lord.
  2. Acts 17:15 The sheep of Christ do also watch for their pastor’s health and safety, but yet in the Lord.
  3. Acts 17:15 It is not for nought that the Jews of Berea were so commended, for they brought Paul safe from Macedonia to Athens, and there is in distance betwixt those two, all Thessalia, and Boeotia, and Attica.
  4. Acts 17:16 In comparing the wisdom of God with man’s wisdom, men scoff and mock at that which they understand not: And God useth the curiosity of fools to gather together his elect.
  5. Acts 17:16 He could not forbear.
  6. Acts 17:16 Slavishly given to Idolatry: Pausanias writeth that there were more Idols in Athens, than in all Greece, yea they had altars dedicated to Shame, and Fame, and Lust, whom they made goddesses.

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