Episodes

Monday, 12 June 2023 Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; Acts 17:22 A more literal translation would say, “And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopa...

Sunday, 11 June 2023 For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing. Acts 17:21 The translation is more succinct, saying, “Now all Athenians and the visiting s...

Saturday, 10 June 2023 “For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.” Acts 17:20 In the previous verse, Paul was taken to the Areopagus and asked what the new teaching he was presenting m...

Friday, 9 June 2023 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak? Acts 17:19 The previous verse noted the questioning of the Epicureans and Stoics concerning Paul. Along wit...

Thursday, 8 June 2023 Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrec...

Wednesday, 7 June 2023 Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there. Acts 17:17 The NKJV, though cleaning up the KJV in some areas, is still...

Tuesday, 6 June 2023 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols. Acts 17:16 In the last verse, Paul was brought to Athens and then he had asked for Silas and Timo...

Monday, 5 June 2023 So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed. Acts 17:15 Paul was just conducted out of Berea either to the sea and then to Athen...

Sunday, 4 June 2023 Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there. Acts 17:14 In the previous verse, the Jews from Thessalonica came to Berea and stirred up the crowds there. With that r...

Saturday, 3 June 2023 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds. Acts 17:13 In the previous verse, it said that many in Berea believed. Now the n...

Friday, 2 June 2023 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men. Acts 17:12 The NKJV changes the structure of the second clause so that it does not reflect the Greek. The verse more precisely ...

Thursday, 1 June 2023 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. Acts 17:11 The previous verse detailed Pa...

Wednesday, 31 May 2023 Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. Acts 17:10 In the previous verse, security was taken from Jason and those with him and t...

Tuesday, 30 May 2023 So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. Acts 17:9 In the last verse, the evil men who had gathered a mob were said to have troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city by their sayings. Wit...

Monday, 29 May 2023 And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things. Acts 17:8 In the previous verse, those who came against the believers charged them with “acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying the...

Sunday, 28 May 2023 “Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.” Acts 17:7 In the previous verse, Jason and some of his guests were dragged out of his house to the rule...

Saturday, 27 May 2023 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. Acts 17:6 In the previous verse, a mob had set the...

Friday, 26 May 2023 But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the peopl...

Thursday, 25 May 2023 And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas. Acts 17:4 A more literal rendering than that of the NKJV needs to be used – “And some of...

Wednesday, 24 May 2023 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.” Acts 17:3 The translation is more closely rendered, “opening and presenti...

Tuesday, 23 May 2023 Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, Acts 17:2 The previous verse noted that Paul and Silas had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia and had arrived ...

Monday, 22 May 2023 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Acts 17:1 As Acts 16 ended, Paul and Silas were noted as having departed from Philippi. It may be t...

Sunday, 21 May 2023 So they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they encouraged them and departed. Acts 16:40 Note: This translation will be used for the analysis: “And having gone forth fro...

Saturday, 20 May 2023 Then they came and pleaded with them and brought them out, and asked them to depart from the city. Acts 16:39 The NKJV does not properly translate the verbs. For this verse, the following will be used – “And having come, the...