Acts 17:12
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
KJV
πολλοὶ μὲν οὖν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπίστευσαν, καὶ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων γυναικῶν τῶν εὐσχημόνων καὶ ἀνδρῶν οὐκ ὀλίγοι.
Greek NT
Et multi quidem crediderunt ex eis, et mulierum gentilium honestarum, et viri non pauci.
Vulgate
Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.
ASV
And many indeed of them believed: and of honourable women that were Gentiles and of men, not a few.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
εὐσχήμων
euschemon
adjective · 5×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
Ἑλληνίς
ellenis
noun · 2×
ὀλίγος
oligos
adjective · 41×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:26 — For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
- Acts 13:50 — But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
- Acts 14:1 — And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
- Acts 14:1 — And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
- Acts 17:2 — And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
- Acts 17:4 — And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
- Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
- Mark 15:43 — Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.