Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    As they made their iorney thorow Amphipolis and Appolonia they came to Thessalonica where was a synagoge of the Iewes.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    Nowe as they passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a Synagogue of the Iewes.

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Cross-references (11)

Passages linked to Acts 17:1 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Philippians 4:16 For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.
  • Acts 20:4 These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
  • 2 Timothy 4:10 for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
  • Acts 17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
  • Acts 27:2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
  • Acts 16:13 On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
  • Acts 14:1 In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
  • Acts 15:21 For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 1. They came to Thessalonica. We know not why…

1. They came to Thessalonica. We know not why Paul attempted nothing at Amphipolis and Appollonia, which were, notwithstanding, famous cities, as appeareth by Pliny; save only because he followed the Spirit of God as his guide; and took occasion by the present matter, as occasion he did also essay to do some good there, but because it was without any good success, therefore Luke passeth over it. And whereas being beaten at Philippos, [Philippi,] and scarce escaping out of great danger, he preached Christ at Thessalonica, it appeareth thereby how courageous he was to keep the course of his calling, and how bold he was ever now and then to enter into new dangers.

This so invincible fortitude of mind, and such patient enduring of the cross, do sufficiently declare, that Paul labored not after the manner of men, but that he was furnished with the heavenly power of the Spirit. And this was all so wonderful patience in him, in that, entering in unto the Jews, whose unbridled frowardness he had so often tried, [experienced,] he proceedeth to procure their salvation. But because he knew that Christ was given to the Jews for salvation, and that he himself was made an apostle upon this condition, that he should preach repentance and faith, first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles, committing the success of his labor to the Lord, he obeyeth his commandment, (though he had no great hope to do good.) He seemed before to have taken his last farewell of the Jews, when he said, It was behoveful that the kingdom of God should be first preached to you; but because ye receive it not, behold we turn to the Gentiles; but that harder sentence must be restrained to that company who had wickedly rejected the gospel when it was offered unto them, and made themselves unworthy [of] the grace of God. And toward the nation itself Paul ceaseth not to do his embassage; by which example we are taught, that we ought to make so great account of the calling of God, that no unthankfulness of men may be able to hinder us, but that we proceed to be careful for their salvation, so long as the Lord appointeth us to be their ministers. And it is to be thought that even now there were some who on the first Sabbath refused sound doctrine, but their frowardness did not hinder him, but that he came again upon other Sabbaths.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The casting out of Silas and Paul, was the…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Araphipolis, a city near to Philippi; so called, because…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain This chapter begins with St. Paul’s travels to Thessalonica,…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain Paul's two epistles to the Thessalonians, the first two…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And taking their journey through Amphipolis and Apollonia -…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Paul and his company, passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia,
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Act 17:1. Now when they, &c. — It appears…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Amphipolis - This was the capital of the eastern…
John Nelson Darby 1862 · Public Domain Acts Chapter 17
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures 1864 · Public Domain D.—Labors And Experiences In Thessalonica And Berea
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Founding of the Second European Church—Thessalonica, Act_17:1-9.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain Act_17:1-9. Paul and Silas journey through Amphipolis and Apollonia…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (1) Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Amphipolis. This was the ancient capital of that division…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia.
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 1–4. Passed through Amphipolis … came to Thessalonica. They…
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain Act_17:1. They.—Paul, Silas, and Timothy, Luke having remained behind…
William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 1. The four evangelists bid adieu to the sorrowing…
The Sermon Bible 1900 · Public Domain Act 17:2-4
F. W. Grant 1903 · Public Domain Section 3. (Act 17:1-34.)
Alexander MacLaren 1905 · Public Domain Act 17:1 - Act 17:12.
J. R. Dummelow 1909 · Public Domain Second Missionary Journey (continued)
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain XVII: 1. Luke now drops the pronoun of the…
Arno C. Gaebelein 1922 · Public Domain 1. The Gospel in Thessalonica (Act 17:1-9).
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain Paul and Silas in Thessalonica and Berea.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 17:1-9 After traveling through Macedonia to Thessalonica, Paul preached…

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