Acts 17 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Paul at Thessalonica

Act 17:1Now when they had passed through Amphip'olis and Apollo'nia, they came to Thessaloni'ca, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

Act 17:2

Act 17:2And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures,

Act 17:3

Act 17:3explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."

Act 17:4

Act 17:4And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.

Act 17:5

Act 17:5But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble, they gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.

Act 17:6

Act 17:6And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, crying, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

Act 17:7

Act 17:7and Jason has received them; and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus."

Act 17:8

Act 17:8And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this.

Act 17:9

Act 17:9And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

Paul at Berea

Act 17:10

Act 17:10The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroe'a; and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.

Act 17:11

Act 17:11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessaloni'ca, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Act 17:12

Act 17:12Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.

Act 17:13

Act 17:13But when the Jews of Thessaloni'ca learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroe'a also, they came there too, stirring up and inciting the crowds.

Act 17:14

Act 17:14Then the brethren immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.

Act 17:15

Act 17:15Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

Paul at Athens

Act 17:16

Act 17:16Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

Act 17:17

Act 17:17So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the market place every day with those who chanced to be there.

Act 17:18

Act 17:18Some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said, "What would this babbler say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"--because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Act 17:19

Act 17:19And they took hold of him and brought him to the Are-op'agus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is which you present?

Act 17:20

Act 17:20For you bring some strange things to our ears; we wish to know therefore what these things mean."

Act 17:21

Act 17:21Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.

Sermon on Mars Hill

Act 17:22

Act 17:22So Paul, standing in the middle of the Are-op'agus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.

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Act 17:23For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To an unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

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Act 17:24The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,

Act 17:25

Act 17:25nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything.

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Act 17:26And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation,

Act 17:27

Act 17:27that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us,

Act 17:28

Act 17:28for 'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your poets have said, 'For we are indeed his offspring.'

Act 17:29

Act 17:29Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, a representation by the art and imagination of man.

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Act 17:30The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent,

Act 17:31

Act 17:31because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead."

Act 17:32

Act 17:32Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We will hear you again about this."

Act 17:33

Act 17:33So Paul went out from among them.

Act 17:34

Act 17:34But some men joined him and believed, among them Dionys'ius the Are-op'agite and a woman named Dam'aris and others with them.

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Acts 17 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Paul at Thessalonica

Paul at Berea

Paul at Athens

Sermon on Mars Hill

Pericope