Verse 23
Acts 17:23
Free Bible Version
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From one man he made all the peoples who live on the earth, and decided beforehand when and where they should live.
Original Language Text
greek
διερχόμενος γὰρ καὶ ἀναθεωρῶν τὰ σεβάσματα ὑμῶν εὗρον καὶ βωμὸν ἐν ᾧ ἐπεγέγραπτο· Ἀγνώστῳ θεῷ. ⸀ὃ οὖν ἀγνοοῦντες εὐσεβεῖτε, ⸀τοῦτο ἐγὼ καταγγέλλω ὑμῖν.
English Translation
For as I passed by and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: To an Unknown God. Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
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Chapter 17 Context
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After Paul and Silas had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia they arrived at Thessalonica, where...
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As usual, Paul went into the synagogue and over the course of three Sabbaths he debated with them us...
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He explained what the Scriptures meant, proving that the Messiah had to die and rise from the dead....
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Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas, along with many Greek-speaking worshipers and...
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But the Jews became jealous and with some rabble-rousers they gathered from the marketplace they for...
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When they couldn't find them they dragged Jason and some of the other believers before the town lead...
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and Jason has made them welcome in his house. They all defy Caesar's decrees, committing treason by...
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The believers had Paul and Silas leave for Berea that very night. When they arrived in Berea they we...
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The people there had a better attitude than those in Thessalonica in that they were very quick to ac...
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10
As a result many of them became believers, along with some highly-placed Greek women and men.
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But when the Jews in Thessalonica heard that Paul was also spreading the word of God (Elohim) in Ber...
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12
Immediately the believers sent Paul to the coast, while Silas and Timothy remained behind.
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13
Those escorting Paul took him as far as Athens, and then returned with instructions from Paul to Sil...
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14
He debated in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped God (Elohim), as well as in the ma...
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Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also argued with him. “What is he going on about?” they wonder...
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So they took him to the Areopagus, and asked him, “Please tell us about this new teaching that you'r...
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We're hearing from you things that sound odd to us, so we'd like to know what they mean.”
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(All the Athenians, including foreigners who lived there, spent their whole time doing nothing excep...
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Paul stood up right in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “People of Athens, I notice you are ver...
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20
As I was walking along, looking at your shrines, I found an altar that had the inscription, ‘To an U...
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The God (Elohim) who created the world and everything in it, the Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't l...
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He doesn't need to be served by us as if he needed anything, since he is the source of all life for...
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From one man he made all the peoples who live on the earth, and decided beforehand when and where th...
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God (Elohim)'s purpose was that they should seek him, hoping they would reach out for him and find h...
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In him we live, move, and exist. Just as one of your own poets wrote, ‘We are his family.’”
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“Since we are his family we shouldn't think that God (Elohim) is like gold, or silver, or stone, sha...
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God (Elohim) disregarded people's ignorance in the past, but now he commands everyone everywhere to...
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For he has set a time when he will rightly judge the world by the man he has appointed, and he prove...
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Some of them laughed when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, while others said, “Please...
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A few men joined him and trusted in God (Elohim), including Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, as...
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