 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1844 - 382 pàgines
...festival, which was held at stated times, in commemoration of Minerva. Well might Paul's "spirit be stirred in him when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." Acts xvii. 1C. ATTALIA, a city on the coast of Pamphylia, in Asia Minor, visited by Paul and Barnabas.... | |
 | Henry Jones Ripley - 1843 - 376 pàgines
...to him with all speed, they departed. 1C 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, and in the market... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1845 - 250 pàgines
...(Acts xvii. 21.) The Apostle Paul preaching to the Athenians on Mare-hill: 6. Here Paul's "spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." Though the Athenians worshipped many gods and goddesses, yet ho found an altar inscribed " to the unknown... | |
 | 1845 - 582 pàgines
...gaze upon these triumphs of human genius ? The sight filled him with bitter anguish : " his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." Those splendid sculptures around him, showed, indeed, to what a height human reason can go in its conceptions... | |
 | 1871 - 792 pàgines
...there were a few pious soldiers, who felt there as Paul at Athens, when it is said, " his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." At their request, in 1791, Thomas Davis, David Gordon, and others preached there, with great plainness... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1845 - 392 pàgines
...thiit ought to be feared. xActs 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. Ver. 1?. Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1845 - 494 pàgines
...horrible! Where could be the wonder, that tired as he must have been, his spirit burned within him, 'was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry,' — or that he should endeavour, in the midst of such wickedness, to cry unto them to repent ; or turn... | |
 | Thomas Manton - 1845 - 624 pàgines
...opportunities are offered in God's providence : " While Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry" (Acts xvii. 16). It is an intimation from God, that then it is seasonable to interpose for his glory.... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar - 1846 - 640 pàgines
...called forth the following appeal, in a letter to Mr Macdonald of Blairgowrie. His spirit had been stirred in him when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. " Stand in the breach, dear friend, and lift up your voice like a trumpet, lest Scotland become another... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1846 - 430 pàgines
...relates the sojourn of St. Paul at Athens : " Now when 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 synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market... | |
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Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 
