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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Acts 17:17 - 17:17
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Therefore disputed - or, discussed.
he in the synagogue with the Jews - The sense is not, “Therefore went he to the Jews,” because the Gentile Athenians were steeped in idolatry; but, “Therefore set he himself to lift up his voice to the idol city, but, as his manner was, he began with the Jews.”
and with the devout persons - Gentile proselytes. After that,
in the market - the Agora, or place of public concourse.
daily with them that met with him - or “came in his way.”