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And they all act contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, there is another king, <i>one</i> Jesus. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And they alarmed the people, and the rulers of the city <i>upon</i> hearing these <i>things:</i> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>but they taking security of Jason and the rest, let them go.<p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">The Character of the Bereans<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who, when they were come <i>thither,</i> went into the synagogue of the Jews. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>These were more ingenuous than those at Thessalonica; for they received the word with all readiness of mind, searching the scriptures daily, whether these <i>things</i> were so. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And therefore many of them believed: and of the Grecian women of quality, and of men <i>likewise</i> not <i>a</i> few. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came thither also, to stir up the people. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the brethren immediately sent away Paul towards the sea: but Silas and Timothy remained there. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And they that conducted Paul attended him to Athens: and receiving an order to Silas and Timothy, to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.<p> <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">Paul in Athens<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his Spirit was greatly moved, when he saw the city wholly given up to idolatry. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He therefore disputed in the synagogue with the Jews and <i>other</i> devout persons <i>on the sabbath-day,</i> and with whomsoever he met in public every day. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him; and some said, What would this babler say? and others, He seemeth to be a proclaimer of foreign deities: because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And they took and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest? <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For thou bringest strange <i>things</i> to our ears; we would therefore know what these <i>things</i> mean. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>(Now all the Athenians, and strangers sojourning <i>among them,</i> spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear something new.)<p> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Address in the Areopagus<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Paul stood up in the midst of the Areopagus and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that you are indeed over-much religious: <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>for as I was passing along, and looking at what ye worshipped, I found an altar on which there was inscribed, "To the unknown God." Whom therefore ye worship unknown, Him do I declare unto you. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The God that made the world and all things therein, being lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands: <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>nor is He served by the hands of men, <i>as</i> needing any <i>thing:</i> for He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and hath made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined the seasons before-appointed <i>them,</i> and the bounds of their habitation; <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>that they might seek the Lord, if possibly they might trace Him, and find <i>Him:</i> though indeed He is not far from every one of us. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For in Him we live and move, and exist; as some also of your own poets have said, "For we his offspring are." <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to imagine that the Deity is like to gold, or silver, or stone, carved by the art and device of man. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Wherefore though God overlooked the times of <i>this</i> ignorance, He now requireth all men every where to repent. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Because He hath fixed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness, by <i>that</i> man whom He hath appointed <i>thereto;</i> having given assurance <i>of it</i> to all <i>men, by</i> raising Him from the dead.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some laughed at <i>it:</i> and others said, We will hear thee again concerning this <i>matter.</i> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>So Paul went out of the assembly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Some however adhered to him, and believed: among whom <i>was</i> Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>