Acts 17 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Paul and Silas in Thessalonica

Now^G1161 when they had traveled^G1353 through^G1353 Amphipolis^G295 and Apollonia^G624, they came^G2064 to Thessalonica^G2332, where^G3699 there was a synagogue^G4864 of the Jews^G2453.

Act 17:2

Act 17:2And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Act 17:3

Act 17:3 [fn]explaining and setting before them that the [fn]Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is that [fn]Christ.”

Act 17:4

Act 17:4And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, [fn]along with a great multitude of the God-fearing Greeks and not a few of the leading women.

Act 17:5

Act 17:5But the Jews, becoming jealous, taking along some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob, set the city in an uproar. And attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the assembly.

Act 17:6

Act 17:6And when they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset [fn]the world have come here also;

Act 17:7

Act 17:7 [fn]and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”

Act 17:8

Act 17:8And they disturbed the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

Act 17:9

Act 17:9And when they had received the bond from Jason and the others, they released them.

In Berea

Act 17:10

And the brothers^G80 immediately^G2112 sent^G1599 Paul^G3972 and Silas^G4609 away^G1599 by night^G3571 to Berea^G960, [fn]and when they arrived^G3854, they went^G549 into the synagogue^G4864 of the Jews^G2453.

Act 17:11

Act 17:11Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, [fn]for they received the word with [fn]great eagerness, [fn]examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Act 17:12

Act 17:12Therefore many of them believed, along with not a few prominent Greek women and men.

Act 17:13

Act 17:13But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, shaking up and disturbing the crowds.

Act 17:14

Act 17:14Then immediately the brothers sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there.

Act 17:15

Act 17:15Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

In Athens

Act 17:16

Now^G1161 while Paul^G3972 was waiting^G1551 for^G1551 them at Athens^G116, his spirit^G4151 was being provoked^G3947 within^G1722 him as he was observing^G2334 the city^G4172 full^G2712 of^G2712 idols^G2712.

Act 17:17

Act 17:17So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present.

Act 17:18

Act 17:18And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were [fn]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this [fn]idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

Act 17:19

Act 17:19And they took him and brought him [fn]to the [fn]Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is [fn]which you are speaking?

Act 17:20

Act 17:20“For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. So we want to know what these things mean.”

Act 17:21

Act 17:21(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something newer.)

Act 17:22

So^G1161 Paul^G3972 stood^G2476 in the midst^G3319 of the [fn]Areopagus^G697 and said^G5346, “Men^G435 of Athens^G117, I observe^G2334 that you are very^G1175 religious^G1175 in all^G3956 respects^G3956.

Act 17:23

Act 17:23“For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

Act 17:24

Act 17:24“The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

Act 17:25

Act 17:25nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;

Act 17:26

Act 17:26and He made from one man every nation of mankind to inhabit all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

Act 17:27

Act 17:27that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

Act 17:28

Act 17:28for in Him we live and move and [fn]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His offspring.’

Act 17:29

Act 17:29“Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to suppose that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the craft and thought of man.

Act 17:30

Act 17:30“Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now commanding men that everyone everywhere should repent,

Act 17:31

Act 17:31because He has fixed a day in which He will judge [fn]the world in righteousness [fn]through a Man whom He determined, having furnished proof to all [fn]by raising Him from the dead.”

Act 17:32

Now^G1161 when they heard^G191 about the resurrection^G386 of the dead^G3498, some^G3588^G3303 began to sneer^G5512, but others^G3588 said^G3004, “We shall hear^G191 you [fn]again^G2532^G3825 concerning^G4012 this^G3778.”