| John Colby - 1838 - 330 Seiten
...it brought to rny mind old father Paul, Acts xvii. 16: " Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." However, I hope this is not the description of this town, for we found a number, who,... | |
| Daniel Dewar - 1838 - 516 Seiten
...thus fully accounted for. 28. We are told in the Acts of the Apostles, that when Paul entered Athens, his spirit was stirred in him when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. The Greek word signifies full of idols. Was this the case with Athens? Lucian says, "that... | |
| John Colby - 1838 - 320 Seiten
...arrived, it brought to my mind old father Paul, Acts xvii. 16: " Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." However, I hope this is not the description of this town, for we found a number, who,... | |
| John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1838 - 520 Seiten
...those who bestow and those who receive the blessing. 16. Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17. Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons,... | |
| Albert Barnes - 1840 - 790 Seiten
...of securing their aid with him in his work. VER. 16. Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, •' his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city ' wholly given to idolatry. g Pia. «ix. 136. 2 Pet. ii. 8. r or, full of Idoll. Now while Paul waited. — How long... | |
| John James - 1840 - 946 Seiten
...Tnnotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry " Therefore disputed he in the " He " dispute," that U, he ht' -J synagogue with the Jews,... | |
| William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 744 Seiten
...but while he was waiting for the arrival of Silas and Timothy he took a survey of the place, and " his spirit was stirred in him when he saw the city wholly given up to idolatry," or, as it is expressed in the margin, " full of idols." Their most distinguished philosophers were... | |
| 1841 - 474 Seiten
...superstition had wrought upon its votaries. The sacred historian relates, that "the spirit of Paul was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given up to idolatry." For, in accordance with that inherent spirit of devotion, which prompts the human race, in every age,... | |
| 1841 - 592 Seiten
...spectacle, and weep, but he has no adequate remedy. The minister of God feels as Paul felt at Athens, " and his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." He then feels it to be his duty, his honor, and his privilege, to aid in marshalling... | |
| 1841 - 206 Seiten
...to him with all speed, they departed, nMn a^i =HI<HI 10 ^[ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly to idolatry, 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons,... | |
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