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Acts 17:15 Cross-References

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And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed , they departed.

Acts 17:15 (KJV)

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Saulthe apostle Paul, at whose feet witnesses to Stephen's death laid their robes (ACT 7:58)
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Silasa leading man among the brethren (ACT 15:22)
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Timothya disciple and Paul's companion (ACT 16:1)

Commentary on Acts 17:15

And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens—Paul's escorts from Berea delivered him to Athens, the intellectual capital of the ancient world, city of Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates. The verb kathistēmi (καθίστημι, "to bring down, conduct") suggests careful guidance to safety after the violent opposition in Berea (v. 13).Receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed (ἐντολὴν λαβόντες, entolēn labontes, "having received orders")—Paul's isolation was temporary by design. Though the apostle stood alone before the Areopagus philosophers, he urgently sum...

Source: KJV Study Commentary

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