Acts 17
1 Nowe as they passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a Synagogue of the Iewes.
Cum autem perambulassent Amphipolim, et Apolloniam, venerunt Thessalonicam, ubi erat synagoga Iudaeorum.
2 And Paul, as his maner was, went in vnto them, and three Sabbath daies disputed with them by the Scriptures,
Secundum consuetudinem autem Paulus introivit ad eos, et per sabbata tria disserebat eis de Scripturis,
3 Opening, and alleadging that Christ must haue suffered, and risen againe from the dead: and this is Iesus Christ, whom, said he, I preach to you.
adaperiens et insinuans quia Christum oportuit pati, et resurgere a mortuis: et quia hic est Iesus Christus, quem ego annuncio vobis.
4 And some of them beleeued, and ioyned in companie with Paul and Silas: also of the Grecians that feared God a great multitude, and of the chiefe women not a fewe.
Et quidam ex eis crediderunt, et adiuncti sunt Paulo, et Silae, et de colentibus, Gentilibusque multitudo magna, et mulieres nobiles non paucae.
5 But the Iewes which beleeued not, mooued with enuie, tooke vnto them certaine vagabonds and wicked fellowes, and whe they had assembled the multitude, they made a tumult in the citie, and made assault against the house of Iason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Zelantes autem Iudaei, assumentesque de vulgo viros quosdam malos, et turba facta, concitaverunt civitatem: et assistentes domui Iasonis quaerebant eos producere in populum.
6 But when they found them not, they drew Iason and certaine brethren vnto the heads of the citie, crying, These are they which haue subuerted the state of the world, and here they are,
Et cum non invenissent eos, trahebant Iasonem, et quosdam fratres ad principes civitatis, clamantes: Quoniam hi, qui Urbem concitant, et huc venerunt,
7 Whom Iason hath receiued, and these all doe against the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another King, one Iesus.
quos suscepit Iason, et hi omnes contra decreta Caesaris faciunt, regem alium dicentes esse, Iesum.
8 Then they troubled the people, and the heads of the citie, when they heard these things.
Concitaverunt autem plebem, et principes civitatis audientes haec.
9 Notwithstanding when they had receiued sufficient assurance of Iason and of the other, they let them goe.
Et accepta satisfactione a Iasone, et a ceteris, dimiserunt eos.
10 And the brethren immediatly sent away Paul and Silas by night vnto Berea, which when they were come thither, entred into ye Synagogue of the Iewes.
Fratres vero confestim per noctem dimiserunt Paulum, et Silam in Beroeam. Qui cum venissent, in synagogam Iudaeorum introierunt.
11 These were also more noble men then they which were at Thessalonica, which receiued the woorde with all readinesse, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Hi autem erant nobiliores eorum, qui sunt Thessalonicae, qui susceperunt verbum cum omni aviditate, quotidie scrutantes Scripturas, si haec ita se haberent.
12 Therefore many of them beleeued, and of honest women, which were Grecians, and men not a fewe.
Et multi quidem crediderunt ex eis, et mulierum Gentilium honestarum, et viri non pauci.
13 But when the Iewes of Thessalonica knewe, that the woord of God was also preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and mooued the people.
Cum autem cognovissent in Thessalonica Iudaei, quia et Beroeae praedicatum est a Paulo verbum Dei, venerunt et illuc commoventes, et turbantes multitudinem.
14 But by and by the brethren sent away Paul to goe as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
Statimque tunc Paulum dimiserunt fratres, ut iret usque ad mare: Silas autem, et Timotheus remanserunt ibi.
15 And they that did conduct Paul, brought him vnto Athens: and when they had receiued a commandement vnto Silas and Timotheus that they shoulde come to him at once, they departed.
Qui autem deducebant Paulum, perduxerunt eum usque Athenas, et accepto mandato ab eo ad Silam, et Timotheum ut quam celeriter venirent ad illum, profecti sunt.
16 Nowe while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirite was stirred in him, when hee sawe the citie subiect to idolatrie.
Paulus autem cum Athenis eos expectaret, incitabatur spiritus eius in ipso, videns idololatriae deditam civitatem.
17 Therefore he disputed in the Synagogue with the Iewes, and with them that were religious, and in the market daily with whomesoeuer he met.
Disputabat igitur in synagoga cum Iudaeis, et colentibus, et in foro, per omnes dies ad eos, qui aderant.
18 Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes, disputed with him, and some sayde, What will this babler say? Others sayde, He seemeth to be a setter forth of straunge gods (because hee preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.)
Quidam autem Epicurei, et Stoici philosophi disserebant cum eo, et quidam dicebant: Quid vult seminiverbius hic, dicere? Alii vero: Novorum daemoniorum videtur annunciator esse: quia Iesum, et resurrectionem annunciabat eis.
19 And they tooke him, and brought him into Mars streete, saying, May we not know, what this newe doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
Et apprehensum eum ad Areopagum duxerunt, dicentes: Possumus scire quae est haec nova, quae a te dicitur, doctrina?
20 For thou bringest certaine strange thinges vnto our eares: we woulde knowe therefore, what these things meane.
nova enim quaedam infers auribus nostris: Volumus ergo scire quidnam velint haec esse.
21 For all the Athenians, and strangers which dwelt there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell, or to heare some newes.
(Athenienses autem omnes, et advenae hospites, ad nihil aliud vacabant nisi aut dicere, aut audire aliquid novi.)
22 Then Paul stoode in the mids of Mars streete, and sayde, Yee men of Athens, I perceiue that in all things yee are too superstitious.
Stans autem Paulus in medio Areopagi, ait: Viri Athenienses per omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video.
23 For as I passed by, and behelde your deuotions, I founde an altar wherein was written, VNTO THE VNKNOWEN GOD. Whom ye then ignorantly worship, him shewe I vnto you.
Praeteriens enim, et videns simulacra vestra, inveni et aram, in qua scriptum erat: IGNOTO DEO. Quod ergo ignorantes colitis, hoc ego annuncio vobis.
24 God that made the world, and all things that are therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaue and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands,
Deus, qui fecit mundum, et omnia quae in eo sunt, hic caeli et terrae cum sit Dominus, non in manufactis templis habitat,
25 Neither is worshipped with mens handes, as though he needed any thing, seeing hee giueth to all life and breath and all things,
nec manibus humanis colitur indigens aliquo, cum ipse det omnibus vitam, et inspirationem, et omnia:
26 And hath made of one blood all mankinde, to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned the seasons which were ordeined before, and the boundes of their habitation,
fecitque ex uno omne genus hominum inhabitare super universam faciem terrae, definiens statuta tempora, et terminos habitationis eorum,
27 That they shoulde seeke the Lord, if so be they might haue groped after him, and founde him though doubtlesse he be not farre from euery one of vs.
quaerere Deum si forte attrectent eum, aut inveniant, quamvis non longe sit ab unoquoque nostrum.
28 For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as also certaine of your owne Poets haue sayd, for we are also his generation.
In ipso enim vivimus, et movemur, et sumus: sicut et quidam vestrorum Poetarum dixerunt: Ipsius enim et genus sumus.
29 Forasmuch then, as we are the generation of God, we ought not to thinke that ye Godhead is like vnto gold, or siluer, or stone grauen by arte and the inuention of man.
Genus ergo cum simus Dei, non debemus aestimare auro, aut argento, aut lapidi, sculpturae artis, et cogitationis hominis, Divinum esse simile.
30 And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but nowe hee admonisheth all men euery where to repent,
Et tempora quidem huius ignorantiae despiciens Deus, nunc annunciat hominibus ut omnes ubique poenitentiam agant,
31 Because hee hath appoynted a day in the which he wil iudge the world in righteousnes, by that man whome hee hath appoynted, whereof he hath giuen an assurance to all men, in that hee hath raised him from the dead.
eo quod statuit diem, in quo iudicaturus est orbem in aequitate, in viro, in quo statuit, fidem praebens omnibus, suscitans eum a mortuis.
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked, and other sayde, We will heare thee againe of this thing.
Cum audissent autem resurrectionem mortuorum, quidam quidem irridebant, quidam vero dixerunt: Audiemus te de hoc iterum.
33 And so Paul departed from among them.
Sic Paulus exivit de medio eorum.
34 Howbeit certaine men claue vnto Paul, and beleeued: among whome was also Denys Areopagita, and a woman named Damaris, and other with them.
Quidam vero viri adhaerentes ei, crediderunt: in quibus et Dionysius Areopagita, et mulier nomine Damaris, et alii cum eis.
