Verse 23

Acts 17:23

Literal Standard Version

23 for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I also found an altar on which had been inscribed: To God (Elohim)—unknown; whom, therefore—not knowing—you worship, this One I announce to you.
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
1 And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where the synagogue... Focus ↗
2 and according to the custom of Paul, he went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he was reasoning wit... Focus ↗
3 opening and alleging that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise again out of the de... Focus ↗
4 And certain of them believed, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also a great multitude o... Focus ↗
5 And the Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to themselves certain evil men of the ag... Focus ↗
6 and having not found them, they drew Jason and certain brothers to the city rulers, calling aloud, “... Focus ↗
7 whom Jason has received; and all these do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be ki... Focus ↗
8 And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things, Focus ↗
9 and having taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. Focus ↗
10 And the brothers immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having... Focus ↗
11 and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all readiness of m... Focus ↗
12 therefore, many of them, indeed, believed, and not a few of the honorable Greek women and men. Focus ↗
13 And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Berea was the word of God (Elohim) declared by... Focus ↗
14 and then immediately the brothers sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas an... Focus ↗
15 And those conducting Paul, brought him to Athens, and having received a command to Silas and Timothe... Focus ↗
16 and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given... Focus ↗
17 therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshiping persons,... Focus ↗
18 And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and so... Focus ↗
19 having also taken him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “Are we able to know what this new... Focus ↗
20 for you bring certain strange things to our ears? We resolve, then, to know what these things would... Focus ↗
21 and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say somethi... Focus ↗
22 And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, “Men, Athenians, in all things I perceiv... Focus ↗
23 for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I also found an altar on which had be...
24 God (Elohim), who made the world, and all things in it, this One, being Lord of Heaven and of earth,... Focus ↗
25 neither is He served by the hands of men—needing anything, He giving life to all, and breath, and al... Focus ↗
26 He also made every nation of man of one blood, to dwell on all the face of the earth—having ordained... Focus ↗
27 to seek the LORD, if perhaps they felt after Him and found, though, indeed, He is not far from each... Focus ↗
28 for in Him we live, and move, and are; as certain of your poets have also said: For we are also His... Focus ↗
29 Being, therefore, offspring of God (Elohim), we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, o... Focus ↗
30 therefore indeed God (Elohim), having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everyw... Focus ↗
31 because He set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a Man whom He orda... Focus ↗
32 And having heard of a resurrection of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, “We wil... Focus ↗
33 and so Paul went forth from the midst of them, Focus ↗
34 and certain men having cleaved to him, believed, among whom is also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a... Focus ↗