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Acts 14:17 KJV
Acts · chapter 14 · verse 17
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.Acts 14:17 · King James Version
Acts 14:17 in context
15And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
16Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
19And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Neverthelesskaitoigeand yet, thoughG2544 →
- Neverthelesskaiand, also, even, indeed, butG2532 →
- fruitfulkarpophorosfruit bearing, fruitful, productiveG2593 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- witnessamartyroswithout witness or testimony, unattestedG267 →
- heavenouranothenfrom heavenG3771 →
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In these verses we have, I. A miraculous cure wrought by Paul at Lystra upon a cripple that had been lame from his birth, such a one as was miraculously cured by Peter and John, Act 3:2. That introduced the gospel among the Jews, this among the Gentiles;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-18