Acts 17
1 Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue,
And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.
2 and Paul, according to his usual custom, went in to them and, for three Sabbath Days, he reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,
And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,
3 explaining and quoting passages to prove that the Messiah had to suffer and to rise again from the dead and that "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming unto you is the Messiah."
opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom I announce to you.
4 Some were persuaded and attached themselves to Paul and Silas, including a number of devout Greeks, and a large number of the leading women.
And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 But the Jews, moved with jealousy, called to their aid certain ill- favored and idle fellows, formed a mob, and began to set the town in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
6 And when they had failed to find Paul and Silas, they began to drag Jason and some of the brethren before the politarchs, shouting. "These fellows who have upset the habitable earth are come hither also.
and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,
7 "Jason has received them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."
whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.
8 Both the crowd and the politarchs were disturbed when they heard this,
And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.
9 but when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Now the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they got there they betook themselves to the Jewish synagogue.
But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so.
And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.
12 So many of them became believers, and so did not a few Greeks, women of honorable estate, and men.
Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.
13 As soon as the Jews in Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came there, and stirred up and troubled the crowds.
But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.
14 Then the brothers at once sent Paul down to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.
15 Those who were caring for Paul brought him as far as Athens, and there left him, with instructions to Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed.
But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.
16 While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he noticed that the city was full of idols.
But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.
17 He argued in the synagogues with the Jews and the devout proselytes, and also daily in the market-place with those that met him there.
He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.
18 A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him again and again. Some were saying, "What has this beggarly fellow to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection [to them].
19 Then they laid hold of him and brought him up to Mars Hill, saying. "May we be told what this new teaching of yours is?
And having taken hold on him they brought [him] to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?
20 "For you are bringing certain strange things to our ears. We want to know, therefore, what these things mean."
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear some new thing.)
Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.
22 So Paul stood up in the center of Mars Hill, and said. "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all respects you are remarkably religious.
And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;
23 "For as I was passing along and observing your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What you are worshiping in ignorance, this I am proclaiming to you.
for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing [him], him I announce to you.
24 "The God who made the universe and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
25 "neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;
26 "He has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the bounds of their habitation,
and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,
27 "so that they might seek God, if perhaps they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from every on of us;
that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:
28 "for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, "‘For we also are his offspring.’
for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 "Since then we are God’s offspring, we ought not to imagine that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.
30 "The times of ignorance God overlooked, but he now commands all men that they should all, everywhere, repent;
God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
31 inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."
because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.
32 But on hearing of the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock; but others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."
And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.
33 So Paul withdrew from them.
Thus Paul went out of their midst.
34 A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and some others.
But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.
