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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.

KJV

καί τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπείσθησαν καὶ προσεκληρώθησαν τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Σιλᾷ, τῶν τε σεβομένων Ἑλλήνων πλῆθος πολὺ γυναικῶν τε τῶν πρώτων οὐκ ὀλίγαι.

Greek NT

Et quidam ex eis crediderunt et adjuncti sunt Paulo et Silæ : et de colentibus gentilibusque multitudo magna, et mulieres nobiles non paucæ.

Vulgate

And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

ASV

And some of them believed and were associated to Paul and Silas: and of those that served God and of the Gentiles a great multitude: and of noble women not a few.

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In this verse

People PaulSilas

In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
Σίλας
silas
noun · 12×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πείθω
peitho
verb · 52×
πλῆθος
plethos
noun · 32×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
προσκληρόω
proskleroo
verb · 1×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
σέβομαι
sebomai
verb · 10×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
Ἕλλην
ellen
noun · 26×
ὀλίγος
oligos
adjective · 41×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: πλῆθος πολὺ | WH/Treg/NIV: πλῆθος πολὺ | RP: πολὺ πλῆθος
  • πλῆθος πολὺSBLGNT
  • πλῆθος πολὺWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πολὺ πλῆθοςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 8:5 — And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
  • Acts 13:43 — Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
  • Acts 13:43 — Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
  • 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 14:4 — But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
  • Acts 14:4 — But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
  • Acts 15:22 — Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among t
  • Acts 15:22 — Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among t
  • Acts 17:12 — Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
  • Acts 17:34 — Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
  • Acts 18:7 — And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
  • Acts 28:24 — And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
  • Acts 28:24 — And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
  • Isa 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
  • John 12:20 — And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: