Acts 17 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Paul in 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 ^[a]visited them, and for three ^(C)Sabbaths reasoned with them from ^(D)the Scriptures, ^{3 [b]}explaining and ^[c]giving evidence that the ^[d]Christ ^(E)had to suffer and ^(F)rise from the dead, and saying, “^(G)This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the ^[e]Christ.” ^{4 (H)}And some of them were persuaded and joined ^(I)Paul and Silas, ^[f]along with a large number of the ^(J)God-fearing ^(K)Greeks and ^[g]a significant number of the ^(L)leading women. ⁵ But ^(M)the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and they attacked the house of ^(N)Jason and were seeking to bring them out to the people. ⁶ When they did not find them, they began ^(O)dragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset ^[h](P)the world have come here also; ^{7 [i]}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 ^[j]pledge from ^(S)Jason and the others, they released them.

Paul in Berea

^{10 (T)}The brothers immediately sent ^(U)Paul and Silas away by night to ^(V)Berea, ^[k]and when they arrived, they went into ^(W)the synagogue of the Jews. ¹¹ Now these people were more noble-minded than those in ^(X)Thessalonica, ^[l]for they received the word with ^[m]great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. ¹² Therefore, ^(Y)many of them believed, ^[n]along with a significant 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 brothers 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 in Athens

¹⁶ Now while Paul was waiting for them in ^(AK)Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he observed that the city was full of idols. ¹⁷ So he was reasoning ^(AL)in the synagogue with the Jews and ^(AM)the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present. ¹⁸ And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers as well were ^[o]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What could ^(AN)this ^[p]scavenger of tidbits want 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 ^[q]to the ^[r](AQ)Areopagus, saying, “May we know what ^(AR)this new teaching is ^[s]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 ^[t]Areopagus and said, “Men of ^(AT)Athens, I see 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 everything that is in it, since He is ^(AY)Lord of heaven and earth, does not ^(AZ)dwell in temples made by 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 feel around 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 ^[u]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His descendants.’ ²⁹ Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ^(BF)ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought. ³⁰ So having ^(BG)overlooked ^(BH)the times of ignorance, God is ^(BI)now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent, ³¹ because He has set ^(BJ)a day on which ^(BK)He will judge ^[v](BL)the world in righteousness ^[w]through a Man whom He has ^(BM)appointed, having furnished proof to all people ^[x]by ^(BN)raising Him from the dead.”

³² Now when they heard of ^(BO)the resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We shall hear from you ^[y]again concerning this.” ³³ So Paul went out from among them. 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 17:2 Lit entered to them
2. Acts 17:3 Lit opening
3. Acts 17:3 Lit placing before
4. Acts 17:3 I.e., Messiah
5. Acts 17:3 I.e., Messiah
6. Acts 17:4 Lit and a large
7. Acts 17:4 Lit not a few
8. Acts 17:6 Lit the inhabited earth
9. Acts 17:7 Lit whom Jason has welcomed
10. Acts 17:9 Or bond
11. Acts 17:10 Lit who when...arrived went
12. Acts 17:11 Lit who received
13. Acts 17:11 Lit all
14. Acts 17:12 Lit and not a few
15. Acts 17:18 Or disputing
16. Acts 17:18 Lit seed gatherer; i.e., an unlearned person collecting only scraps of knowledge
17. Acts 17:19 Or before
18. Acts 17:19 Or Hill of Ares; Greek god of war
19. Acts 17:19 Lit which is being spoken by you
20. Acts 17:22 Or the Council of the Areopagus
21. Acts 17:28 Lit are
22. Acts 17:31 Lit the inhabited earth
23. Acts 17:31 Lit by; or in
24. Acts 17:31 Or when He raised
25. 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