Acts 17

17Then they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.G1161G1353G295G2532G624G2064G1519G2332G3699G2258G4864G24532As usual, Paul went to them, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,G1161G3972G2596G1486G1525G4314G846G2532G1909G5140G4521G1256G846G575G11243explaining and showing that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, and saying: "This is the Messiah, Jesus, whom I am proclaiming to you."G1272G2532G3908G3754G5547G1163G3958G2532G450G1537G3498G2532G3754G3778G2424G3739G1473G2605G5213G2076G55474Then some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a great number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women.G2532G5100G1537G846G3982G2532G4345G3972G2532G4609G5037G4576G1672G4183G4128G5037G4413G1135G3756G36415But the Jews became jealous, and when they had brought together some scoundrels from the marketplace and formed a mob, they set the city in an uproar. Attacking Jason's house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.G1161G2453G544G2206G2532G4355G5100G4190G435G60G2532G3792G2350G4172G2350G5037G2186G3614G2394G2212G71G846G1519G12186When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,G1161G2147G846G3361G4951G2394G2532G5100G80G1909G4173G994G3754G3778G387G3625G387G3918G1759G25327and Jason has received them as guests! They are all acting contrary to Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king— Jesus!"G3739G2394G5264G2532G3778G3956G4238G561G1378G2541G3004G1511G2087G935G24248The Jews stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.G1161G5015G3793G2532G4173G191G50239So taking a security bond from Jason and the others, they released them.G2532G2983G2425G3844G2394G2532G3062G630G846G63010As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea. On arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.G1161G80G2112G1599G5037G3972G2532G4609G1223G3571G1519G960G3748G3854G549G1519G4864G245311The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.G1161G3778G2258G2104G1722G2332G3748G1209G3056G3326G3956G4288G350G1124G2250G2596G1487G5023G2192G377912Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men.G3767G3303G4183G1537G846G4100G2532G2158G1135G3588G1674G2532G435G3756G364113But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God's message had been proclaimed by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.G1161G5613G2453G575G2332G1097G3754G2532G3056G2316G2605G5259G3972G1722G960G2064G2546G4531G379314Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy stayed on there.G1161G5119G2112G80G1821G3972G4198G5613G1909G2281G1161G5037G4609G2532G5095G5278G1563G527815Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.G1161G2525G3972G71G846G2193G116G2532G2983G1785G4314G4609G2532G5095G2443G2064G4314G846G5613G5033G182616While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was troubled within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.G1161G3972G1551G846G1722G116G846G4151G3947G1722G846G2334G4172G5607G271217So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.G3767G3303G1256G1722G4864G2453G2532G4576G2532G1722G58G2596G3956G2250G4314G390918Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, "What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?" Others replied, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities"— because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.G1161G5100G5386G1946G2532G4770G4820G846G2532G5100G3004G5101G302G2309G3778G4691G3004G1161G1380G1511G2604G3581G1140G3754G2097G846G2424G2532G38619They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, "May we learn about this new teaching you're speaking of?G5037G1949G846G71G1909G697G3004G1410G1097G5101G3778G2537G1322G5259G4675G298020For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean."G1063G1533G5100G3579G1519G2257G189G1014G1097G3767G5101G5023G302G2309G151121Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.G1161G3956G117G2532G3581G3588G1927G2119G1519G3762G2087G2228G3004G2532G191G5100G253722Then Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that you are extremely religious in every respect.G1161G3972G2476G1722G3319G697G5346G435G117G2334G5613G2596G3956G5209G117423For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.G1063G1330G2532G333G5216G4574G2532G2147G1041G1722G3739G1924G57G2316G3739G3767G50G2151G5126G2605G1473G521324The God who made the world and everything in it— He is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in shrines made by hands.G2316G4160G2889G2532G3956G1722G846G3778G5225G2962G3772G2532G1093G2730G3756G1722G3485G549925Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.G3761G2323G5259G444G5495G4326G5100G846G1325G3956G2222G2532G4157G2596G395626From one man He has made every nation of men to live all over the earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live,G5037G4160G1537G1520G129G3956G1484G444G2730G1909G3956G4383G1093G3724G2540G4384G2532G3734G846G273327so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.G2212G2962G1487G686G5584G846G2532G2147G2544G5225G3756G3112G575G1538G1520G225728For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'G1063G1722G846G2198G2532G2795G2532G2070G5613G5100G2532G5209G2596G4163G2046G1063G2070G2532G5120G108529Being God's offspring, then, we shouldn't think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.G3767G5225G1085G2316G3784G3756G3543G2304G1511G3664G5557G2228G696G2228G3037G5480G5078G2532G444G176130"Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,G3303G3767G5550G52G2316G5237G3569G3853G3956G444G3837G334031because He has set a day on which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead."G1360G2476G2250G1722G3739G3195G2919G3625G1722G1343G1722G435G3739G3724G3930G4102G3956G450G846G1537G349832When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, "We will hear you about this again."G1161G191G386G3498G3303G5512G1161G2036G191G4675G3825G4012G512733So Paul went out from their presence.G2532G3779G3972G1831G1537G3319G84634However, some men joined him and believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.G1161G5100G435G2853G846G4100G1722G3739G2532G1354G698G2532G1135G3686G1152G2532G2087G4862G846