44_ACT_17_01 now when they had passed through Amphipolis And Apollonia , they came to Thessalonica , where was A synagogue of the Jews :
44_ACT_17_02 And Paul , as his manner was , went in unto them , And three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures ,
44_ACT_17_03 opening And alleging , that Christ must needs have suffered , And risen again from the dead ; And that this Jesus , whom I preach unto you , Is Christ .
44_ACT_17_04 And some of them believed , And consorted with Paul And Silas ; And of the devout Greeks A great multitude , And of the chief women not A few .
44_ACT_17_05 but the Jews which believed not , moved with envy , took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort , And gathered A company , And set all the city on an uproar , And assaulted the house of Jason , And sought to bring them out to the people .
44_ACT_17_06 And when they found them not , they drew Jason And certain brethren unto the rulers of the city , crying , These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also ;
44_ACT_17_07 whom Jason hath received : And These all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar , saying that there Is another king , [ one ] Jesus .
44_ACT_17_08 And they troubled the people And the rulers of the city , when they heard These things .
44_ACT_17_09 And when they had taken security of Jason , And of the other , they let them go .
44_ACT_17_10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul And Silas by night unto Berea : who coming [ thither ] went into the synagogue of the Jews .
44_ACT_17_11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica , in that they received the word with all readiness of mind , And searched the scriptures daily , whether those things were So .
44_ACT_17_12 therefore Many of them believed ; also of honourable women which were Greeks , And of men , not A few .
44_ACT_17_13 but when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea , they came thither also , And stirred up the people .
44_ACT_17_14 And Then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea : but Silas And Timotheus abode there still .
44_ACT_17_15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens : And receiving A commandment unto Silas And Timotheus for to come to him with all speed , they departed .
44_ACT_17_16 now while Paul waited for them at Athens , his spirit was stirred in him , when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry .
44_ACT_17_17 therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews , And with the devout persons , And in the market daily with them that met with him .
44_ACT_17_18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans , And of the Stoicks , encountered him . And some said , what will this babbler say ? other some , he seemeth to be A setter forth of strange gods : because he preached unto them Jesus , And the resurrection .
44_ACT_17_19 And they took him , And brought him unto Areopagus , saying , may we know what this new doctrine , whereof thou speakest , [ Is ] ?
44_ACT_17_20 for thou bringest certain strange things to our ears : we would know therefore what These things mean .
44_ACT_17_21 [ for all the Athenians And strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else , but either to tell , or to hear some new thing . ]
44_ACT_17_22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill , And said , [ ye ] men of Athens , I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious .
44_ACT_17_23 for as I passed by , And beheld your devotions , I found an altar with this inscription , to the unknown God . whom therefore ye ignorantly worship , him declare I unto you .
44_ACT_17_24 God that made the world And all things therein , seeing that he Is LORD of heaven And earth , dwelleth not in temples made with hands ;
44_ACT_17_25 neither Is worshipped with men's hands , as though he needed any thing , seeing he giveth to all life , And breath , And all things ;
44_ACT_17_26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth , And hath determined the times before appointed , And the bounds of their habitation ;
44_ACT_17_27 that they should seek the LORD , if haply they might feel after him , And find him , though he be not far from every one of us :
44_ACT_17_28 for in him we live , And move , And have our being ; as certain also of your own poets have said , for we are also his offspring .
44_ACT_17_29 Forasmuch Then as we are the offspring of God , we ought not to think that the Godhead Is like unto gold , or silver , or stone , graven by art And man's device .
44_ACT_17_30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent :
44_ACT_17_31 because he hath appointed A day , in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [ that ] man whom he hath ordained ; [ whereof ] he hath given assurance unto all [ men ] , in that he hath raised him from the dead .
44_ACT_17_32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead , some mocked : And others said , we will hear thee again of this [ matter ] .
44_ACT_17_33 So Paul departed from among them .
44_ACT_17_34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him , And believed : among the which [ was ] Dionysius the Areopagite , And A woman named Damaris , And others with them .