Verse 31
Acts 17:31
Bible in Basic English
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Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.
Original Language Text
greek
⸀καθότι ἔστησεν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν, πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν ἀναστήσας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
English Translation
Because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom He has appointed, having given assurance to all by raising Him from the dead.
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Chapter 17 Context
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Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a...
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And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them...
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Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; an...
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And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God (Elohim)-fear...
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But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people...
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And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before th...
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Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that t...
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And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.
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And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.
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And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came...
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Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word...
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And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the m...
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But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came the...
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So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.
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But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to...
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Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full...
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17
So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God (Elohim)-fearing Gentiles, and every da...
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And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meetin...
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And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of your...
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For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.
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(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to tal...
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And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given...
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For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with t...
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The God (Elohim) who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not...
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And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gi...
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And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering th...
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So that they might make search for God (Elohim), in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and...
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For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we...
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If then we are the offspring of God (Elohim), it is not right for us to have the idea that God (Eloh...
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Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God (Elohim); but now he gives orders to al...
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Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who h...
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Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let...
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And so Paul went away from among them.
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But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Dama...
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