Atti 17:33

33 E così Paolo uscì del mezzo di loro.

Atti 17:33 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 17:33

So Paul departed from among them.
] As it was high time, when they fell to deriding and scoffing at him; for hereby they judged themselves unworthy of the Gospel ministry: the Ethiopic version adds, "from Athens"; but it does not appear that the apostle went directly out of the city; we read afterwards of his departing from Athens, ( Acts 18:1 ) but the sense is, that he went out of the Areopagus, from that court of judicature; and from among the judges of it, and the philosophers of every sect, that stood around him in it; they having no more to say to him, nor he to them. And this shows, that he was not brought to be tried and judged, in order to be punished, but only to be heard concerning his doctrine; of which, when they had heard enough, he departed quietly, no one molesting him, unless with scoffs and jeers.

Atti 17:33 In-Context

31 Perciocchè egli ha ordinato un giorno, nel quale egli giudicherà il mondo in giustizia, per quell’uomo, il quale egli ha stabilito; di che ha fatta fede a tutti, avendolo suscitato da’ morti.

32 Quando udirono mentovar la risurrezion de’ morti, altri se ne facevano beffe, altri dicevano: Noi ti udiremo un’altra volta intorno a ciò.

33 E così Paolo uscì del mezzo di loro.

34 Ed alcuni si aggiunsero con lui, e credettero; fra i quali fu anche Dionigio l’Areopagita, ed una donna chiamata per nome Damaris, ed altri con loro.