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and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And some of them believed, and associated themselves with Paul and Silas; of the devout Greeks, a great multitude, and of the chief women, not a few.<CM><p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But the unbelieving Jews, taking with them some evil men, who were loungers about the markets, and collecting a mob, set the city in an uproar; and having assaulted the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying out: These men, who have thrown the world into confusion, have come hither also; <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>whom Jason has received into his house: and they all act in opposition to the decrees of Caesar, saying, That there is another king, Jesus. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the multitude, and the rulers of the city, were troubled when they heard these things. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And they took security of Jason, and of the others, and let them go.<CM><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; and when they had come, they 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 of a better disposition than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore, many of them believed; both of influential women, who were Greeks, and of men, not a 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 learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came thither, and excited the multitude. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the brethren immediately sent Paul away, to go as if to 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 those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens: and having received a commandment for Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him as soon as possible, they departed.<CM><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 stirred within him, when he saw the city full of idols. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Accordingly, he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and devout persons, and in the market daily, with those who chanced to meet him. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him; and some said: What can this babbler possibly wish to say? Others said: He seems to be a proclaimer of strange demons: for 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 him, and brought him to Mars hill, saying: Are we able to understand what this new teaching is, which is announced by you? <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For you bring some strange things to our ears: we wish to understand then what these things mean. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For all the Athenians and resident strangers have leisure for nothing else than to tell or to hear some new thing.<CM><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 in the midst of Mars hill, and said: Men of Athens, I perceive that in all respects your reverence for demons excels that of other men. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For as I was passing through, and looking attentively at the objects of your worship, I discovered also an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him I make known to you. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>God, who made the world, and all things that are in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells 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 ministered to by the hands of men, as if he needed any thing: for he himself gives 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 he has made from one blood every nation of men, that they might dwell on all the face of the earth, having marked out their appointed times, and the bounds of their dwelling: <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>that they might seek for God, if perhaps they would feel after him, and find him, although, 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 have our being: as also some of your own poets have said: For we his offspring are.<CM> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Therefore, being the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhood is like gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by art and the device of man. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Yet the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now, he commands all men everywhere to repent: <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.<CM><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 mocked; others said: We will hear you again concerning this matter. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And so Paul departed from among them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/17-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But certain men associated with him, and believed; among whom was 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">Anderson's New Testament (1865)<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>