What Does Acts 17:11 Mean?

“These”

the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)

but, and, etc

“were”

i (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

“more noble”

well born, i.e., (literally) high in rank, or (figuratively) generous

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“than those in”

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc

“Thessalonica”

thessalonice, a place in asia minor

“in that they”

which some, i.e., any that; also (definite) which same

“received”

to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the word”

something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a

“with”

properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)

“all”

all, any, every, the whole

“readiness of mind”

predisposition, i.e., alacrity

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)

“daily”

day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of

“and searched”

properly, to scrutinize, i.e., (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the scriptures”

a document, i.e., holy writ (or its contents or a statement in it)

“whether”

if, whether, that, etc

“were”

to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio

“those things”

these things

“so”

in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)