Acts 17 · Verse 33

Acts 17:33

So Paul departed from among them.
Acts 17:33, King James Version

Acts 17:33 in other translations

BSBAt that, Paul left the Areopagus.
WEBThus Paul went out from among them.
ASVThus Paul went out from among them.
YLTand so Paul went forth from the midst of them,
DARBYThus Paul went out of their midst.
BBEAnd so Paul went away from among them.
WebsterSo Paul departed from among them.

What does Acts 17:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 17:32-34

32-34. when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked--As the Greek religion was but the glorification of the present life, by the worship of all its most beauteous forms, the Resurrection, which presupposes the vanity of the present life, and is nothing but life out of the death of all that sin has blighted, could have no charm for the true Greek. It gave the death blow to his fundamental and most…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 33. So Paul departed. Seeing there was little hope of saving them. it was not his custom to labour long in a barren field, or to preach where there was no prospect of success.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 So Paul departed from among them - He could not be convicted of having done any thing contrary to the law; and, when the assembly broke up, he was permitted to go about his own business.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 17:32-34

The apostle was treated with more outward civility at Athens than in some other places; but none more despised his doctrine, or treated it with more indifference. Of all subjects, that which deserves the most attention gains the least. But those who scorn, will have to bear the consequences, and the word will never be useless. Some will be found, who cleave to the Lord, and listen to his faithful servants…

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Acts 17:33 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οὕτωςhoutōsThusG3779
ὁho<the>G3588
ΠαῦλοςPaulosPaulG3972
ἐξῆλθενexēlthenwent outG1831
ἐκekfromG1537
μέσουmesou[the] midstG3319
αὐτῶν.¶autōnof them.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Acts 17:32

    And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

  • Acts 17:33

    So Paul departed from among them.

  • 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.

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Acts 17:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y así Pablo se salió de en medio de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi Paul sortit du milieu d’eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Also ging Paulus aus ihrer Mitte hinweg.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sic Paulus exivit de medio eorum.