Acts 17

GNT

1 διοδεύσαντες δὲ τὴν ἀμφίπολιν καὶ τὴν ἀπολλωνίαν ἦλθον εἰς θεσσαλονίκην, ὅπου ἦν συναγωγὴ τῶν ἰουδαίων.

2 κατὰ δὲ τὸ εἰωθὸς τῶ παύλῳ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ σάββατα τρία διελέξατο αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν γραφῶν,

3 διανοίγων καὶ παρατιθέμενος ὅτι τὸν χριστὸν ἔδει παθεῖν καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν, καὶ ὅτι οὖτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός, [ὁ] ἰησοῦς, ὃν ἐγὼ καταγγέλλω ὑμῖν.

4 καί τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπείσθησαν καὶ προσεκληρώθησαν τῶ παύλῳ καὶ τῶ σιλᾷ, τῶν τε σεβομένων ἑλλήνων πλῆθος πολὺ γυναικῶν τε τῶν πρώτων οὐκ ὀλίγαι.

5 ζηλώσαντες δὲ οἱ ἰουδαῖοι καὶ προσλαβόμενοι τῶν ἀγοραίων ἄνδρας τινὰς πονηροὺς καὶ ὀχλοποιήσαντες ἐθορύβουν τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἐπιστάντες τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἰάσονος ἐζήτουν αὐτοὺς προαγαγεῖν εἰς τὸν δῆμον.

6 μὴ εὑρόντες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔσυρον ἰάσονα καί τινας ἀδελφοὺς ἐπὶ τοὺς πολιτάρχας, βοῶντες ὅτι οἱ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἀναστατώσαντες οὖτοι καὶ ἐνθάδε πάρεισιν,

7 οὓς ὑποδέδεκται ἰάσων· καὶ οὖτοι πάντες ἀπέναντι τῶν δογμάτων καίσαρος πράσσουσιν, βασιλέα ἕτερον λέγοντες εἶναι ἰησοῦν.

8 ἐτάραξαν δὲ τὸν ὄχλον καὶ τοὺς πολιτάρχας ἀκούοντας ταῦτα,

9 καὶ λαβόντες τὸ ἱκανὸν παρὰ τοῦ ἰάσονος καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀπέλυσαν αὐτούς.

10 οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ εὐθέως διὰ νυκτὸς ἐξέπεμψαν τόν τε παῦλον καὶ τὸν σιλᾶν εἰς βέροιαν, οἵτινες παραγενόμενοι εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν τῶν ἰουδαίων ἀπῄεσαν.

11 οὖτοι δὲ ἦσαν εὐγενέστεροι τῶν ἐν θεσσαλονίκῃ, οἵτινες ἐδέξαντο τὸν λόγον μετὰ πάσης προθυμίας, καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀνακρίνοντες τὰς γραφὰς εἰ ἔχοι ταῦτα οὕτως.

12 πολλοὶ μὲν οὗν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπίστευσαν, καὶ τῶν ἑλληνίδων γυναικῶν τῶν εὐσχημόνων καὶ ἀνδρῶν οὐκ ὀλίγοι.

13 ὡς δὲ ἔγνωσαν οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς θεσσαλονίκης ἰουδαῖοι ὅτι καὶ ἐν τῇ βεροίᾳ κατηγγέλη ὑπὸ τοῦ παύλου ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ, ἦλθον κἀκεῖ σαλεύοντες καὶ ταράσσοντες τοὺς ὄχλους.

14 εὐθέως δὲ τότε τὸν παῦλον ἐξαπέστειλαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ πορεύεσθαι ἕως ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν· ὑπέμεινάν τε ὅ τε σιλᾶς καὶ ὁ τιμόθεος ἐκεῖ.

15 οἱ δὲ καθιστάνοντες τὸν παῦλον ἤγαγον ἕως ἀθηνῶν, καὶ λαβόντες ἐντολὴν πρὸς τὸν σιλᾶν καὶ τὸν τιμόθεον ἵνα ὡς τάχιστα ἔλθωσιν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐξῄεσαν.

16 ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἀθήναις ἐκδεχομένου αὐτοὺς τοῦ παύλου, παρωξύνετο τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῶ θεωροῦντος κατείδωλον οὗσαν τὴν πόλιν.

17 διελέγετο μὲν οὗν ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ τοῖς ἰουδαίοις καὶ τοῖς σεβομένοις καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ κατὰ πᾶσαν ἡμέραν πρὸς τοὺς παρατυγχάνοντας.

18 τινὲς δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐπικουρείων καὶ στοϊκῶν φιλοσόφων συνέβαλλον αὐτῶ, καί τινες ἔλεγον, τί ἂν θέλοι ὁ σπερμολόγος οὖτος λέγειν; οἱ δέ, ξένων δαιμονίων δοκεῖ καταγγελεὺς εἶναι· ὅτι τὸν ἰησοῦν καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν εὐηγγελίζετο.

19 ἐπιλαβόμενοί τε αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν ἄρειον πάγον ἤγαγον, λέγοντες, δυνάμεθα γνῶναι τίς ἡ καινὴ αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ σοῦ λαλουμένη διδαχή;

20 ξενίζοντα γάρ τινα εἰσφέρεις εἰς τὰς ἀκοὰς ἡμῶν· βουλόμεθα οὗν γνῶναι τίνα θέλει ταῦτα εἶναι.

21 ἀθηναῖοι δὲ πάντες καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες ξένοι εἰς οὐδὲν ἕτερον ηὐκαίρουν ἢ λέγειν τι ἢ ἀκούειν τι καινότερον.

22 σταθεὶς δὲ [ὁ] παῦλος ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ἀρείου πάγου ἔφη, ἄνδρες ἀθηναῖοι, κατὰ πάντα ὡς δεισιδαιμονεστέρους ὑμᾶς θεωρῶ·

23 διερχόμενος γὰρ καὶ ἀναθεωρῶν τὰ σεβάσματα ὑμῶν εὖρον καὶ βωμὸν ἐν ᾧ ἐπεγέγραπτο, ἀγνώστῳ θεῶ. ὃ οὗν ἀγνοοῦντες εὐσεβεῖτε, τοῦτο ἐγὼ καταγγέλλω ὑμῖν.

24 ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν κόσμον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῶ, οὖτος οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς ὑπάρχων κύριος οὐκ ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς κατοικεῖ

25 οὐδὲ ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται προσδεόμενός τινος, αὐτὸς διδοὺς πᾶσι ζωὴν καὶ πνοὴν καὶ τὰ πάντα·

26 ἐποίησέν τε ἐξ ἑνὸς πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τῆς γῆς, ὁρίσας προστεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν,

27 ζητεῖν τὸν θεὸν εἰ ἄρα γε ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν καὶ εὕροιεν, καί γε οὐ μακρὰν ἀπὸ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου ἡμῶν ὑπάρχοντα.

28 ἐν αὐτῶ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν, ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν, τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.

29 γένος οὗν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῶ ἢ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ, χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.

30 τοὺς μὲν οὗν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ θεὸς τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πάντας πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν,

31 καθότι ἔστησεν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν, πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν ἀναστήσας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.

32 ἀκούσαντες δὲ ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν οἱ μὲν ἐχλεύαζον, οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, ἀκουσόμεθά σου περὶ τούτου καὶ πάλιν.

33 οὕτως ὁ παῦλος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν.

34 τινὲς δὲ ἄνδρες κολληθέντες αὐτῶ ἐπίστευσαν, ἐν οἷς καὶ διονύσιος ὁ ἀρεοπαγίτης καὶ γυνὴ ὀνόματι δάμαρις καὶ ἕτεροι σὺν αὐτοῖς.

KJV

1  Now¹¹⁶¹ when they had passed through¹³⁵³ Amphipolis²⁹⁵ and²⁵³² Apollonia,⁶²⁴ they came²⁰⁶⁴ to¹⁵¹⁹ Thessalonica,²³³² where³⁶⁹⁹ was²²⁵⁸ a synagogue⁴⁸⁶⁴ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews:²⁴⁵³

2  And¹¹⁶¹ Paul,³⁹⁷² as his manner was,^{2596 1486} went in¹⁵²⁵ unto⁴³¹⁴ them,⁸⁴⁶ and²⁵³² three⁵¹⁴⁰ sabbath days⁴⁵²¹ reasoned¹²⁵⁶ with them⁸⁴⁶ out of⁵⁷⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ Scriptures,¹¹²⁴

3  Opening¹²⁷² and²⁵³² alleging,³⁹⁰⁸ that³⁷⁵⁴ Christ⁵⁵⁴⁷ must needs¹¹⁶³ have suffered,³⁹⁵⁸ and²⁵³² risen again⁴⁵⁰ from¹⁵³⁷ the dead;³⁴⁹⁸ and²⁵³² that³⁷⁵⁴ this³⁷⁷⁸ Jesus,²⁴²⁴ whom³⁷³⁹ I¹⁴⁷³ preach²⁶⁰⁵ unto you,⁵²¹³ is²⁰⁷⁶ Christ.⁵⁵⁴⁷

4  And²⁵³² some⁵¹⁰⁰ of¹⁵³⁷ them⁸⁴⁶ believed,³⁹⁸² and²⁵³² consorted with⁴³⁴⁵ Paul³⁹⁷² and²⁵³² Silas;⁴⁶⁰⁹ and⁵⁰³⁷ of the³⁵⁸⁸ devout⁴⁵⁷⁶ Greeks¹⁶⁷² a great⁴¹⁸³ multitude,⁴¹²⁸ and⁵⁰³⁷ of the³⁵⁸⁸ chief⁴⁴¹³ women¹¹³⁵ not³⁷⁵⁶ a few.³⁶⁴¹

5  But¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ which believed not,⁵⁴⁴ moved with envy,^{2206 2532} took unto⁴³⁵⁵ them certain⁵¹⁰⁰ lewd⁴¹⁹⁰ fellows⁴³⁵ of the³⁵⁸⁸ baser sort,⁶⁰ and²⁵³² gathered a company,³⁷⁹² and set all the city on an uproar,^{2350 3588 4172} and⁵⁰³⁷ assaulted²¹⁸⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ house³⁶¹⁴ of Jason,²³⁹⁴ and sought²²¹² to⁸⁴⁶ bring them out⁷¹ to¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ people.¹²¹⁸

6  And¹¹⁶¹ when they found²¹⁴⁷ them⁸⁴⁶ not,³³⁶¹ they drew⁴⁹⁵¹ Jason²³⁹⁴ and²⁵³² certain⁵¹⁰⁰ brethren⁸⁰ unto¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ rulers of the city,⁴¹⁷³ crying,⁹⁹⁴ These³⁷⁷⁸ that have turned the world upside down^{387 3588 3625} are come³⁹¹⁸ hither¹⁷⁵⁹ also;²⁵³²

7  Whom³⁷³⁹ Jason²³⁹⁴ hath received:⁵²⁶⁴ and²⁵³² these³⁷⁷⁸ all³⁹⁵⁶ do⁴²³⁸ contrary⁵⁶¹ to the³⁵⁸⁸ decrees¹³⁷⁸ of Caesar,²⁵⁴¹ saying³⁰⁰⁴ that there is¹⁵¹¹ another²⁰⁸⁷ king,⁹³⁵ one Jesus.²⁴²⁴

8  And¹¹⁶¹ they troubled⁵⁰¹⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ people³⁷⁹³ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ rulers of the city,⁴¹⁷³ when they heard¹⁹¹ these things.⁵⁰²³

9  And²⁵³² when they had taken²⁹⁸³ security²⁴²⁵ of³⁸⁴⁴ Jason,²³⁹⁴ and²⁵³² of the³⁵⁸⁸ other,³⁰⁶² they let them go.^{630 846}

10  And¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren⁸⁰ immediately²¹¹² sent away^{1599 5037} Paul³⁹⁷² and²⁵³² Silas⁴⁶⁰⁹ by¹²²³ night³⁵⁷¹ unto¹⁵¹⁹ Berea:⁹⁶⁰ who³⁷⁴⁸ coming³⁸⁵⁴ thither went⁵⁴⁹ into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ synagogue⁴⁸⁶⁴ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews.²⁴⁵³

11  These³⁷⁷⁸ were²²⁵⁸ more noble²¹⁰⁴ than those³⁵⁸⁸ in¹⁷²² Thessalonica,²³³² in that they³⁷⁴⁸ received¹²⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ word³⁰⁵⁶ with³³²⁶ all³⁹⁵⁶ readiness of mind,⁴²⁸⁸ and searched³⁵⁰ the³⁵⁸⁸ Scriptures¹¹²⁴ daily,^{2596 2250} whether¹⁴⁸⁷ those things⁵⁰²³ were²¹⁹² so.³⁷⁷⁹

12  Therefore³⁷⁶⁷ many^{4183 3303} of¹⁵³⁷ them⁸⁴⁶ believed;⁴¹⁰⁰ also²⁵³² of honorable²¹⁵⁸ women¹¹³⁵ which were Greeks,¹⁶⁷⁴ and²⁵³² of men,⁴³⁵ not³⁷⁵⁶ a few.³⁶⁴¹

13  But¹¹⁶¹ when⁵⁶¹³ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ of⁵⁷⁵ Thessalonica²³³² had knowledge¹⁰⁹⁷ that³⁷⁵⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ word³⁰⁵⁶ of God²³¹⁶ was preached²⁶⁰⁵ of⁵²⁵⁹ Paul³⁹⁷² at¹⁷²² Berea,⁹⁶⁰ they came²⁰⁶⁴ thither also,²⁵⁴⁶ and stirred up⁴⁵³¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ people.³⁷⁹³

14  And¹¹⁶¹ then⁵¹¹⁹ immediately²¹¹² the³⁵⁸⁸ brethren⁸⁰ sent away¹⁸²¹ Paul³⁹⁷² to go⁴¹⁹⁸ as it were⁵⁶¹³ to¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ sea:²²⁸¹ but^{1161 5037} Silas⁴⁶⁰⁹ and²⁵³² Timothy⁵⁰⁹⁵ abode⁵²⁷⁸ there¹⁵⁶³ still.

15  And¹¹⁶¹ they that conducted²⁵²⁵ Paul³⁹⁷² brought⁷¹ him⁸⁴⁶ unto²¹⁹³ Athens:¹¹⁶ and²⁵³² receiving²⁹⁸³ a commandment¹⁷⁸⁵ unto⁴³¹⁴ Silas⁴⁶⁰⁹ and²⁵³² Timothy⁵⁰⁹⁵ for to come²⁰⁶⁴ to⁴³¹⁴ him⁸⁴⁶ with all speed,^{5613 5033} they departed.¹⁸²⁶

16  Now¹¹⁶¹ while Paul³⁹⁷² waited for¹⁵⁵¹ them⁸⁴⁶ at¹⁷²² Athens,¹¹⁶ his⁸⁴⁸ spirit⁴¹⁵¹ was stirred³⁹⁴⁷ in¹⁷²² him,⁸⁴⁶ when he saw²³³⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ city⁴¹⁷² wholly given to idolatry.²⁷¹²

17  Therefore³⁷⁶⁷ disputed¹²⁵⁶ he³³⁰³ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ synagogue⁴⁸⁶⁴ with the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews,²⁴⁵³ and²⁵³² with the³⁵⁸⁸ devout persons,⁴⁵⁷⁶ and²⁵³² in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ market⁵⁸ daily^{2596 3956 2250} with⁴³¹⁴ them that met with³⁹⁰⁹ him.

18  Then¹¹⁶¹ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ philosophers⁵³⁸⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Epicureans,¹⁹⁴⁶ and²⁵³² of the³⁵⁸⁸ Stoics,⁴⁷⁷⁰ encountered⁴⁸²⁰ him.⁸⁴⁶ And²⁵³² some⁵¹⁰⁰ said,³⁰⁰⁴ What⁵¹⁰¹ will^{2309 302} this³⁷⁷⁸ babbler⁴⁶⁹¹ say?^{3004 1161} other³⁵⁸⁸ some, He seemeth¹³⁸⁰ to be¹⁵¹¹ a setter forth²⁶⁰⁴ of strange³⁵⁸¹ gods:¹¹⁴⁰ because³⁷⁵⁴ he preached²⁰⁹⁷ unto them⁸⁴⁶ Jesus,²⁴²⁴ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ resurrection.³⁸⁶

19  And⁵⁰³⁷ they took¹⁹⁴⁹ him,⁸⁴⁶ and brought⁷¹ him unto¹⁹⁰⁹ Areopagus,⁶⁹⁷ saying,³⁰⁰⁴ May¹⁴¹⁰ we know¹⁰⁹⁷ what⁵¹⁰¹ this³⁷⁷⁸ new²⁵³⁷ doctrine,¹³²² whereof³⁵⁸⁸ thou⁴⁶⁷⁵ speakest,²⁹⁸⁰ is?

20  For¹⁰⁶³ thou bringest¹⁵³³ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ strange things³⁵⁷⁹ to¹⁵¹⁹ our²²⁵⁷ ears:¹⁸⁹ we would¹⁰¹⁴ know¹⁰⁹⁷ therefore³⁷⁶⁷ what⁵¹⁰¹ these things⁵⁰²³ mean.^{2309 302 1511}

21  (For¹¹⁶¹ all³⁹⁵⁶ the Athenians¹¹⁷ and²⁵³² strangers³⁵⁸¹ which were there¹⁹²⁷ spent their time²¹¹⁹ in¹⁵¹⁹ nothing³⁷⁶² else,²⁰⁸⁷ but²²²⁸ either to tell,³⁰⁰⁴ or²⁵³² to hear¹⁹¹ some⁵¹⁰⁰ new thing.)²⁵³⁷

22  Then¹¹⁶¹ Paul³⁹⁷² stood²⁴⁷⁶ in¹⁷²² the midst³³¹⁹ of Mars' hill,⁶⁹⁷ and said,⁵³⁴⁶ Ye men⁴³⁵ of Athens,¹¹⁷ I perceive²³³⁴ that in²⁵⁹⁶ all things³⁹⁵⁶ ye⁵²⁰⁹ are⁵⁶¹³ too superstitious.¹¹⁷⁴

23  For¹⁰⁶³ as I passed by,¹³³⁰ and²⁵³² beheld³³³ your⁵²¹⁶ devotions,⁴⁵⁷⁴ I found²¹⁴⁷ an²⁵³² altar¹⁰⁴¹ with this inscription,^{1722 3739 1924} TO THE UNKNOWN⁵⁷ GOD.²³¹⁶ Whom³⁷³⁹ therefore³⁷⁶⁷ ye ignorantly⁵⁰ worship,²¹⁵¹ him⁵¹²⁶ declare²⁶⁰⁵ I¹⁴⁷³ unto you.⁵²¹³

24  God²³¹⁶ that made⁴¹⁶⁰ the³⁵⁸⁸ world²⁸⁸⁹ and²⁵³² all things³⁹⁵⁶ therein,^{1722 846} seeing that he³⁷⁷⁸ is⁵²²⁵ Lord²⁹⁶² of heaven³⁷⁷² and²⁵³² earth,¹⁰⁹³ dwelleth²⁷³⁰ not³⁷⁵⁶ in¹⁷²² temples³⁴⁸⁵ made with hands;⁵⁴⁹⁹

25  Neither³⁷⁶¹ is worshiped²³²³ with⁵²⁵⁹ men's⁴⁴⁴ hands,⁵⁴⁹⁵ as though he needed⁴³²⁶ any thing,⁵¹⁰⁰ seeing he⁸⁴⁶ giveth¹³²⁵ to all³⁹⁵⁶ life,²²²² and²⁵³² breath,⁴¹⁵⁷ and all things;^{2596 3956}

26  And⁵⁰³⁷ hath made⁴¹⁶⁰ of¹⁵³⁷ one¹⁵²⁰ blood¹²⁹ all³⁹⁵⁶ nations¹⁴⁸⁴ of men⁴⁴⁴ for to dwell²⁷³⁰ on¹⁹⁰⁹ all³⁹⁵⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ face⁴³⁸³ of the³⁵⁸⁸ earth,¹⁰⁹³ and hath determined³⁷²⁴ the times²⁵⁴⁰ before appointed,⁴³⁸⁴ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ bounds³⁷³⁴ of their⁸⁴⁸ habitation;²⁷³³

27  That they should seek²²¹² the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord,²⁹⁶² if¹⁴⁸⁷ haply^{686 1065} they might feel after⁵⁵⁸⁴ him,⁸⁴⁶ and²⁵³² find²¹⁴⁷ him, though²⁵⁴⁴ he be⁵²²⁵ not³⁷⁵⁶ far³¹¹² from⁵⁷⁵ every¹⁵³⁸ one¹⁵²⁰ of us:²²⁵⁷

28  For¹⁰⁶³ in¹⁷²² him⁸⁴⁶ we live,²¹⁹⁸ and²⁵³² move,²⁷⁹⁵ and²⁵³² have our being;²⁰⁷⁰ as⁵⁶¹³ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ also²⁵³² of your own^{2596 5209} poets⁴¹⁶³ have said,²⁰⁴⁶ For¹⁰⁶³ we are²⁰⁷⁰ also²⁵³² his⁵¹²⁰ offspring.¹⁰⁸⁵

29  Forasmuch then³⁷⁶⁷ as we are⁵²²⁵ the offspring¹⁰⁸⁵ of God,²³¹⁶ we ought³⁷⁸⁴ not³⁷⁵⁶ to think³⁵⁴³ that the³⁵⁸⁸ Godhead²³⁰⁴ is¹⁵¹¹ like unto³⁶⁶⁴ gold,⁵⁵⁵⁷ or²²²⁸ silver,⁶⁹⁶ or²²²⁸ stone,³⁰³⁷ graven⁵⁴⁸⁰ by art⁵⁰⁷⁸ and²⁵³² man's⁴⁴⁴ device.¹⁷⁶¹

30  And^{3767 3303} the³⁵⁸⁸ times⁵⁵⁵⁰ of this ignorance⁵² God²³¹⁶ winked⁵²³⁷ at; but now³⁵⁶⁹ commandeth³⁸⁵³ all³⁹⁵⁶ men⁴⁴⁴ every where³⁸³⁷ to repent:³³⁴⁰

31  Because¹³⁶⁰ he hath appointed²⁴⁷⁶ a day,²²⁵⁰ in¹⁷²² the which³⁷³⁹ he will³¹⁹⁵ judge²⁹¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ world³⁶²⁵ in¹⁷²² righteousness¹³⁴³ by¹⁷²² that man⁴³⁵ whom³⁷³⁹ he hath ordained;³⁷²⁴ whereof he hath given³⁹³⁰ assurance⁴¹⁰² unto all³⁹⁵⁶ men, in that he hath raised⁴⁵⁰ him⁸⁴⁶ from¹⁵³⁷ the dead.³⁴⁹⁸

32  And¹¹⁶¹ when they heard¹⁹¹ of the resurrection³⁸⁶ of the dead,³⁴⁹⁸ some^{3588 3303} mocked:⁵⁵¹² and¹¹⁶¹ others³⁵⁸⁸ said,²⁰³⁶ We will hear¹⁹¹ thee⁴⁶⁷⁵ again³⁸²⁵ of⁴⁰¹² this⁵¹²⁷ matter.

33  ²⁵³² So³⁷⁷⁹ Paul³⁹⁷² departed¹⁸³¹ from¹⁵³⁷ among³³¹⁹ them.⁸⁴⁶

34  Howbeit¹¹⁶¹ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ men⁴³⁵ cleaved²⁸⁵³ unto him,⁸⁴⁶ and²⁵³² believed:⁴¹⁰⁰ among¹⁷²² the which³⁷³⁹ was Dionysius¹³⁵⁴ the³⁵⁸⁸ Areopagite,⁶⁹⁸ and²⁵³² a woman¹¹³⁵ named³⁶⁸⁶ Damaris,¹¹⁵² and²⁵³² others²⁰⁸⁷ with⁴⁸⁶² them.⁸⁴⁶

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1 Cum autem perambulassent Amphipolim et Apolloniam, venerunt Thessalonicam, ubi erat synagoga Judæorum.

2 Secundum consuetudinem autem Paulus introivit ad eos, et per sabbata tria disserebat eis de Scripturis,

3 adaperiens et insinuans quia Christum oportuit pati, et resurgere a mortuis: et quia hic est Jesus Christus, quem ego annuntio vobis.

4 Et quidam ex eis crediderunt et adjuncti sunt Paulo et Silæ: et de colentibus gentilibusque multitudo magna, et mulieres nobiles non paucæ.

5 Zelantes autem Judæi, assumentesque de vulgo viros quosdam malos, et turba facta, concitaverunt civitatem: et assistentes domui Jasonis quærebant eos producere in populum.

6 Et cum non invenissent eos, trahebant Jasonem et quosdam fratres ad principes civitatis, clamantes: Quoniam hi qui urbem concitant, et huc venerunt,

7 quos suscepit Jason, et hi omnes contra decreta Cæsaris faciunt, regem alium dicentes esse, Jesum.

8 Concitaverunt autem plebem et principes civitatis audientes hæc.

9 Et accepta satisfactione a Jasone et a ceteris, dimiserunt eos.

10 Fratres vero confestim per noctem dimiserunt Paulum et Silam in Berœam. Qui cum venissent, in synagogam Judæorum introierunt.

11 Hi autem erant nobiliores eorum qui sunt Thessalonicæ, qui susceperunt verbum cum omni aviditate, quotidie scrutantes Scripturas, si hæc ita se haberent.

12 Et multi quidem crediderunt ex eis, et mulierum gentilium honestarum, et viri non pauci.

13 Cum autem cognovissent in Thessalonica Judæi quia et Berœæ prædicatum est a Paulo verbum Dei, venerunt et illuc commoventes, et turbantes multitudinem.

14 Statimque tunc Paulum dimiserunt fratres, ut iret usque ad mare: Silas autem et Timotheus remanserunt ibi.

15 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 Paulus autem cum Athenis eos exspectaret, incitabatur spiritus ejus in ipso, videns idololatriæ deditam civitatem.

17 Disputabat igitur in synagoga cum Judæis et colentibus, et in foro, per omnes dies ad eos qui aderant.

18 Quidam autem epicurei et stoici philosophi disserebant cum eo, et quidam dicebant: Quid vult seminiverbius hic dicere? Alii vero: Novorum dæmoniorum videtur annuntiator esse: quia Jesum et resurrectionem annuntiabat eis.

19 Et apprehensum eum ad Areopagum duxerunt, dicentes: Possumus scire quæ est hæc nova, quæ a te dicitur, doctrina?

20 nova enim quædam infers auribus nostris: volumus ergo scire quidnam velint hæc esse.

21 (Athenienses autem omnes, et advenæ hospites, ad nihil aliud vacabant nisi aut dicere aut audire aliquid novi.)

22 Stans autem Paulus in medio Areopagi, ait: Viri Athenienses, per omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video.

23 Præteriens enim, et videns simulacra vestra, inveni et aram in qua scriptum erat: Ignoto Deo. Quod ergo ignorantes colitis, hoc ego annuntio vobis.

24 Deus, qui fecit mundum, et omnia quæ in eo sunt, hic cæli et terræ cum sit Dominus, non in manufactis templis habitat,

25 nec manibus humanis colitur indigens aliquo, cum ipse det omnibus vitam, et inspirationem, et omnia:

26 fecitque ex uno omne genus hominum inhabitare super universam faciem terræ, definiens statuta tempora, et terminos habitationis eorum,

27 quærere Deum si forte attrectent eum, aut inveniant, quamvis non longe sit ab unoquoque nostrum.

28 In ipso enim vivimus, et movemur, et sumus: sicut et quidam vestrorum poëtarum dixerunt: Ipsius enim et genus sumus.

29 Genus ergo cum simus Dei, non debemus æstimare auro, aut argento, aut lapidi, sculpturæ artis, et cogitationis hominis, divinum esse simile.

30 Et tempora quidem hujus ignorantiæ despiciens Deus, nunc annuntiat hominibus ut omnes ubique pœnitentiam agant,

31 eo quod statuit diem in quo judicaturus est orbem in æquitate, in viro in quo statuit, fidem præbens omnibus, suscitans eum a mortuis.

32 Cum audissent autem resurrectionem mortuorum, quidam quidem irridebant, quidam vero dixerunt: Audiemus te de hoc iterum.

33 Sic Paulus exivit de medio eorum.

34 Quidam vero viri adhærentes ei, crediderunt: in quibus et Dionysius Areopagita, et mulier nomine Damaris, et alii cum eis.