Acts 17 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Paul at Thessalonica

17 Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to (A)Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 And (B)according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three (C)Sabbaths reasoned with them from (D)the Scriptures, 3 [a]explaining and [b]giving evidence that the [c]Christ (E)had to suffer and (F)rise again from the dead, and saying, “(G)This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the [d]Christ.” 4 (H)And some of them were persuaded and joined (I)Paul and Silas, [e]along with a large number of the (J)God-fearing (K)Greeks and [f]a number of the (L)leading women. 5 But (M)the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of (N)Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people. 6 When they did not find them, they began (O)dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset [g](P)the world have come here also; 7 [h]and Jason (Q)has welcomed them, and they all act (R)contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” 8 They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things. 9 And when they had received a [i]pledge from (S)Jason and the others, they released them.

Paul at Berea

10 (T)The brethren immediately sent (U)Paul and Silas away by night to (V)Berea, [j]and when they arrived, they went into (W)the synagogue of the Jews. 11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in (X)Thessalonica, [k]for they received the word with [l]great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12 Therefore (Y)many of them believed, [m]along with a number of (Z)prominent Greek (AA)women and men. 13 But when the Jews of (AB)Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in (AC)Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds. 14 Then immediately (AD)the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and (AE)Silas and (AF)Timothy remained there. 15 Now (AG)those who escorted Paul brought him as far as (AH)Athens; and receiving a command for (AI)Silas and Timothy to (AJ)come to him as soon as possible, they left.

Paul at Athens

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at (AK)Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols. 17 So he was reasoning (AL)in the synagogue with the Jews and (AM)the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present. 18 And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were [n]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would (AN)this [o]idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching (AO)Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they (AP)took him and brought him [p]to the [q](AQ)Areopagus, saying, “May we know what (AR)this new teaching is [r]which you are proclaiming? 20 For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.” 21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers (AS)visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

Sermon on Mars Hill

22 So Paul stood in the midst of the [s]Areopagus and said, “Men of (AT)Athens, I observe that you are very (AU)religious in all respects. 23 For while I was passing through and examining the (AV)objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what (AW)you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. 24 (AX)The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is (AY)Lord of heaven and earth, does not (AZ)dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, (BA)as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and (BB)He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having (BC)determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, (BD)though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for (BE)in Him we live and move and [t]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’ 29 Being then the children of God, we (BF)ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man. 30 Therefore having (BG)overlooked (BH)the times of ignorance, God is (BI)now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, 31 because He has fixed (BJ)a day in which (BK)He will judge [u](BL)the world in righteousness [v]through a Man whom He has (BM)appointed, having furnished proof to all men [w]by (BN)raising Him from the dead.”

32 Now when they heard of (BO)the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you [x]again concerning this.” 33 So Paul went out of their midst. 34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the (BP)Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:3 Lit opening
  2. Acts 17:3 Lit placing before
  3. Acts 17:3 I.e. Messiah
  4. Acts 17:3 I.e. Messiah
  5. Acts 17:4 Lit and a large
  6. Acts 17:4 Lit not a few
  7. Acts 17:6 Lit the inhabited earth
  8. Acts 17:7 Lit whom Jason has welcomed
  9. Acts 17:9 Or bond
  10. Acts 17:10 Lit who when...arrived went
  11. Acts 17:11 Lit who received
  12. Acts 17:11 Lit all
  13. Acts 17:12 Lit and not a few
  14. Acts 17:18 Or disputing
  15. Acts 17:18 I.e. one who makes his living by picking up scraps
  16. Acts 17:19 Or before
  17. Acts 17:19 Or Hill of Ares, god of war
  18. Acts 17:19 Lit which is being spoken by you
  19. Acts 17:22 Or the Council of the Areopagus
  20. Acts 17:28 Lit are
  21. Acts 17:31 Lit the inhabited earth
  22. Acts 17:31 Lit by or in
  23. Acts 17:31 Or when He raised
  24. Acts 17:32 Lit also again

Cross references

  1. Acts 17:1 : Acts 17:11, 13; 20:4; 27:2; Phil 4:16; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1; 2 Tim 4:10
  2. Acts 17:2 : Acts 9:20; 17:10, 17
  3. Acts 17:2 : Acts 13:14
  4. Acts 17:2 : Acts 8:35
  5. Acts 17:3 : Acts 3:18
  6. Acts 17:3 : John 20:9
  7. Acts 17:3 : Acts 9:22; 18:5, 28
  8. Acts 17:4 : Acts 14:4
  9. Acts 17:4 : Acts 15:22, 40; 17:10, 14f
  10. Acts 17:4 : Acts 13:43; 17:17
  11. Acts 17:4 : John 7:35
  12. Acts 17:4 : Acts 13:50
  13. Acts 17:5 : Acts 17:13; 1 Thess 2:14ff
  14. Acts 17:5 : Acts 17:6, 7, 9; Rom 16:21
  15. Acts 17:6 : Acts 16:19f
  16. Acts 17:6 : Matt 24:14; Acts 17:31
  17. Acts 17:7 : Luke 10:38; James 2:25
  18. Acts 17:7 : Luke 23:2
  19. Acts 17:9 : Acts 17:5
  20. Acts 17:10 : Acts 1:15; 17:6, 14f
  21. Acts 17:10 : Acts 17:4
  22. Acts 17:10 : Acts 17:13; 20:4
  23. Acts 17:10 : Acts 17:1f
  24. Acts 17:11 : Acts 17:1
  25. Acts 17:12 : Acts 2:47
  26. Acts 17:12 : Mark 15:43
  27. Acts 17:12 : Acts 13:50
  28. Acts 17:13 : Acts 17:1
  29. Acts 17:13 : Acts 17:10; 20:4
  30. Acts 17:14 : Acts 1:15; 17:6, 10
  31. Acts 17:14 : Acts 15:22; 17:4, 10
  32. Acts 17:14 : Acts 16:1
  33. Acts 17:15 : Acts 15:3
  34. Acts 17:15 : Acts 17:16, 21f; 18:1; 1 Thess 3:1
  35. Acts 17:15 : Acts 17:14
  36. Acts 17:15 : Acts 18:5
  37. Acts 17:16 : Acts 17:15, 21f; 18:1; 1 Thess 3:1
  38. Acts 17:17 : Acts 9:20; 17:2
  39. Acts 17:17 : Acts 17:4
  40. Acts 17:18 : 1 Cor 1:20; 4:10
  41. Acts 17:18 : Acts 4:2; 17:31f
  42. Acts 17:19 : Acts 23:19
  43. Acts 17:19 : Acts 17:22
  44. Acts 17:19 : Mark 1:27
  45. Acts 17:21 : Acts 2:10
  46. Acts 17:22 : Acts 17:15
  47. Acts 17:22 : Acts 25:19
  48. Acts 17:23 : 2 Thess 2:4
  49. Acts 17:23 : John 4:22
  50. Acts 17:24 : Is 42:5; Acts 14:15
  51. Acts 17:24 : Deut 10:14; Ps 115:16; Matt 11:25
  52. Acts 17:24 : 1 Kin 8:27; Acts 7:48
  53. Acts 17:25 : Job 22:2; Ps 50:10-12
  54. Acts 17:26 : Mal 2:10
  55. Acts 17:26 : Deut 32:8; Job 12:23
  56. Acts 17:27 : Deut 4:7; Jer 23:23f; Acts 14:17
  57. Acts 17:28 : Job 12:10; Dan 5:23
  58. Acts 17:29 : Is 40:18ff; Rom 1:23
  59. Acts 17:30 : Acts 14:16; Rom 3:25
  60. Acts 17:30 : Acts 17:23
  61. Acts 17:30 : Luke 24:47; Acts 26:20; Titus 2:11f
  62. Acts 17:31 : Matt 10:15
  63. Acts 17:31 : Ps 9:8; 96:13; 98:9; John 5:22, 27; Acts 10:42
  64. Acts 17:31 : Matt 24:14; Acts 17:6
  65. Acts 17:31 : Luke 22:22
  66. Acts 17:31 : Acts 2:24
  67. Acts 17:32 : Acts 17:18, 31
  68. Acts 17:34 : Acts 17:19, 22

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