Act 17:4 | NETfull | STEP | Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

Acts 17:4

4 Some of them were persuaded ^{▼▼ Or “convinced.”} and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group ^{▼▼ Or “a large crowd.”} of God-fearing Greeks ^{▼▼ 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).} and quite a few ^{▼▼ 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).} prominent women.