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Acts 17:1 (show verse)

And when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

Acts 17:2 (show verse)

And Paul, according to his custom, went in to them, and, for three sabbath-days, he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Acts 17:3 (show verse)

explaining and affirming that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.

Acts 17:4 (show verse)

And some of them believed, and associated themselves with Paul and Silas; of the devout Greeks, a great multitude, and of the chief women, not a few.

Acts 17:5 (show verse)

But the unbelieving Jews, taking with them some evil men, who were loungers about the markets, and collecting a mob, set the city in an uproar; and having assaulted the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

Acts 17:6 (show verse)

But not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying out: These men, who have thrown the world into confusion, have come hither also;

Acts 17:7 (show verse)

whom Jason has received into his house: and they all act in opposition to the decrees of Caesar, saying, That there is another king, Jesus.

Acts 17:8 (show verse)

And the multitude, and the rulers of the city, were troubled when they heard these things.

Acts 17:9 (show verse)

And they took security of Jason, and of the others, and let them go.

Acts 17:10 (show verse)

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea; and when they had come, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Acts 17:11 (show verse)

These were of a better disposition than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

Acts 17:12 (show verse)

Therefore, many of them believed; both of influential women, who were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

Acts 17:13 (show verse)

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came thither, and excited the multitude.

Acts 17:14 (show verse)

Then the brethren immediately sent Paul away, to go as if to the sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there.

Acts 17:15 (show verse)

And those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens: and having received a commandment for Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

Acts 17:16 (show verse)

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he saw the city full of idols.

Acts 17:17 (show verse)

Accordingly, he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and devout persons, and in the market daily, with those who chanced to meet him.

Acts 17:18 (show verse)

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him; and some said: What can this babbler possibly wish to say? Others said: He seems to be a proclaimer of strange demons: for he preached to them Jesus and the Resurrection.

Acts 17:19 (show verse)

And they took him, and brought him to Mars hill, saying: Are we able to understand what this new teaching is, which is announced by you?

Acts 17:20 (show verse)

For you bring some strange things to our ears: we wish to understand then what these things mean.

Acts 17:21 (show verse)

For all the Athenians and resident strangers have leisure for nothing else than to tell or to hear some new thing.

Acts 17:22 (show verse)

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars hill, and said: Men of Athens, I perceive that in all respects your reverence for demons excels that of other men.

Acts 17:23 (show verse)

For as I was passing through, and looking attentively at the objects of your worship, I dis covered also an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him I make known to you.

Acts 17:24 (show verse)

God, who made the world, and all things that are in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;

Acts 17:25 (show verse)

nor is he ministered to by the hands of men, as if he needed any thing: for he himself gives to all life, and breath, and all things:

Acts 17:26 (show verse)

and he has made from one blood every nation of men, that they might dwell on all the face of the earth, having marked out their appointed times, and the bounds of their dwelling:

Acts 17:27 (show verse)

that they might seek for God, if perhaps they would feel after him, and find him, although, indeed, he is not far from every one of us.

Acts 17:28 (show verse)

For in him we live, and move, and have our being: as also some of your own poets have said: For we his offspring are.

Acts 17:29 (show verse)

Therefore, being the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhood is like gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by art and the device of man.

Acts 17:30 (show verse)

Yet the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now, he commands all men everywhere to repent:

Acts 17:31 (show verse)

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.

Acts 17:32 (show verse)

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

Acts 17:33 (show verse)

And so Paul departed from among them.

Acts 17:34 (show verse)

But certain men associated with him, and believed; among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.