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They">a</a></span> traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As usual, Paul entered there and on three Sabbaths discussed the Scriptures with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He explained and showed them that the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:3 Or Christ">b</a></span> had to suffer and rise from the dead: “This very Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:3 Or Christ">c</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But the Jewish leaders<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:5 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. the Jews">d</a></span> became jealous, and they took some contemptible characters who used to hang out in the public square,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:5 Or in the marketplace">e</a></span> formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason’s home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, “These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and Jason has welcomed them as his guests. All of them oppose the emperor’s decrees by saying that there is another king—Jesus!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The crowd and the city officials were upset when they heard this, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>but after they had gotten a bond from Jason and the others, they let them go.</p> <p class="heading">Paul and Silas in Berea</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>That night the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Many of them believed, including a large number of prominent Greek women and men.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But when the Jewish leaders<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:13 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. the Jews">f</a></span> in Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul also in Berea, they went there to upset and incite the crowds. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.</p> <p class="heading">Paul in Athens</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The men who escorted Paul took him all the way to Athens and, after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply disturbed to see the city full of idols. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So he began holding discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and other worshipers, as well as every day in the public square<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:17 Or in the marketplace">g</a></span> with anyone who happened to be there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, “What is this blabbermouth trying to say?” while others said, “He seems to be preaching about foreign gods.” This was because Paul<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:18 Lit. because he">h</a></span> was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then they took him, brought him before the Areopagus,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:19 i.e. the city council">i</a></span> and asked, “May we know what this new teaching of yours is? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So Paul stood up in front of the Areopagus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:22 i.e. the city council">j</a></span> and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For as I was walking around and looking closely at the objects you worship, I even found an altar with this written on it: ‘To an unknown god.’ So I am telling you about the unknown object you worship. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn’t live in shrines made by human hands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and he isn’t served by people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:25 Lit. hands">k</a></span> as if he needed anything. He himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>From one man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:26 Other mss. read From one blood">l</a></span> he made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth, fixing the seasons of the year and the national boundaries within which they live, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>so that they might look for God,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:27 Other mss. read for the Lord">m</a></span> somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For we live, move, and exist because of him, as some of your own poets have said: ‘…Since we are his children, too.’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:28 Phainomena (5) by Aratus, a poet of Sicilian origin (3 century BC). Cleanthes the Stoic (3 century BC) used almost identical language.">n</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So if we are God’s children, we shouldn’t think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Though God has overlooked those times of ignorance, he now commands everyone everywhere to repent, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>because he has set a day when he is going to judge the world with justice<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:31 Or in righteousness">o</a></span> through a man whom he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, “We will hear you again about this.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And so Paul left the meeting.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:33 Lit. went out from the middle of them">p</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/17-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Some men joined him and became believers. With them were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:34 i.e. the city council">q</a></span> a woman named Damaris, and some others along with them.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 17:1 Lit. <i>They</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 17:3 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 17:3 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 17:5 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. <i>the Jews</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 17:5 Or <i>in the marketplace</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 17:13 i.e. Judean leaders; lit. <i>the Jews</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 17:17 Or <i>in the marketplace</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 17:18 Lit. <i>because he</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 17:19 i.e. the city council<br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 17:22 i.e. the city council<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 17:25 Lit. <i>hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 17:26 Other mss. read <i>From one blood</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 17:27 Other mss. read <i>for the Lord</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 17:28<i>Phainomena</i> (5) by Aratus, a poet of Sicilian origin (3 century BC). 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