Discovery BoxActs 17:4 
Context17:4 Some of them were persuaded 1 and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group 2 of God-fearing Greeks 3 and quite a few 4 prominent women.
Acts 17:15
Context17:15 Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, 5 and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left. 6
1 tn Or “convinced.”
2 tn Or “a large crowd.”
3 tn Or “of devout Greeks,” but this is practically a technical term for the category called God-fearers, Gentiles who worshiped the God of Israel and in many cases kept the Mosaic law, but did not take the final step of circumcision necessary to become a proselyte to Judaism. See further K. G. Kuhn, TDNT 6:732-34, 743-44. Luke frequently mentions such people (Acts 13:43, 50; 16:14; 17:17; 18:7).
4 tn Grk “not a few”; this use of negation could be misleading to the modern English reader, however, and so has been translated as “quite a few” (which is the actual meaning of the expression).
5 map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.
6 sn They left. See 1 Thess 3:1-2, which shows they went from here to Thessalonica.
