Acts 17
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Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to a Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
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Then Paul, as his custom was, b went in to them, and for three Sabbaths c reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
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explaining and demonstrating d that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ."
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e And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and f Silas.
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But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming g envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of h Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
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But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, i "These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.
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"Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, j saying there is another king - Jesus."
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And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.
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So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
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Then k the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
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These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and l searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
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Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
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But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.
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m Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.
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So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and n receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.
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Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, o his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols.
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Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there.
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Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods," because he preached to them p Jesus and the resurrection.
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And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?
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"For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean."
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For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
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Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
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"for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you:
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q "God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is r Lord of heaven and earth, s does not dwell in temples made with hands.
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"Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He t gives to all life, breath, and all things.
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"And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and u the boundaries of their dwellings,
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v "so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, w though He is not far from each one of us;
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"for x in Him we live and move and have our being, y as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'
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"Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, z we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man's devising.
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"Truly, a these times of ignorance God overlooked, but b now commands all men everywhere to repent,
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"because He has appointed a day on which c He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by d raising Him from the dead."
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And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, "We will hear you again on this matter."
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So Paul departed from among them.
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However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
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Cross References
Acts 17:11
These were more fair-minded than those in Thess...
Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned tha...
Acts 20:4
And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia - ...
Acts 27:2
So, entering a ship of Adramyttium, we put to s...
Philippians 4:16
For even in Thessalonica you sent aid once and ...
1 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of t...
2 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of t...
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this pr...
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Luke 4:16
So He came to Nazareth, where He had been broug...
Acts 9:20
Immediately he preached the Christ in the synag...
Acts 13:5
And when they arrived in Salamis, they preached...
Acts 13:14
But when they departed from Perga, they came to...
Acts 14:1
Now it happened in Iconium that they went toget...
Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city ...
Acts 19:8
And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly...
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1 Thessalonians 2:1 - 16
For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain.
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Luke 24:26
"Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?"
Luke 24:46
Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day.
Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
Acts 18:28
For he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
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Acts 28:24
And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
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Acts 15:22
Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.
Acts 15:27
We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the same things by word of mouth.
Acts 15:32
Now Judas and Silas, themselves being prophets also, exhorted and strengthened the brethren with many words.
Acts 15:40
But Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God.
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Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul.
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Acts 17:6
But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.
Acts 17:7
"Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king - Jesus."
Acts 17:9
So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Romans 16:21
Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you.
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Acts 16:20
And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, "These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city.
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Luke 23:2
And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.
John 19:12
From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.
1 Peter 2:13
Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme.
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Acts 9:25
Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket.
Acts 17:14
Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.
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Cross References
Isaiah 34:16
Search from the book of the LORD, and read: Not one of these shall fail; Not one shall lack her mate. For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them.
Luke 16:29
"Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'
John 5:39
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
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Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
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2 Peter 2:8
(for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) -
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1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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Isaiah 42:5
Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it:
Acts 14:15
And saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.
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Deuteronomy 10:14
Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
Psalms 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's; But the earth He has given to the children of men.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
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1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!
Acts 7:48 - 50
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
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Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Isaiah 42:5
Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it:
Daniel 5:23
And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.
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Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
Job 12:23
He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.
Daniel 4:35
All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, "What have You done?
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Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.
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Deuteronomy 4:7
For what great nation is there that has God so ...
Psalms 139:7
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I...
Psalms 139:10
Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your ri...
Jeremiah 23:23
Am I a God near at hand," says the LORD, "And n...
Jeremiah 23:24
Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I ...
Acts 14:17
"Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without ...
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Colossians 1:17
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
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Titus 1:12
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.
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Psalms 115:4 - 7
Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
Isaiah 40:19
The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains.
Romans 1:23
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man - and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
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Acts 14:16
Who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.
Romans 3:25
Whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed.
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Luke 24:47
And that repentance and remission of sins shoul...
Acts 26:20
But declared first to those in Damascus and in ...
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God that brings salvation has ...
Titus 2:12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and world...
1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, not conforming yourselves...
1 Peter 4:3
For we have spent enough of our past lifetime i...
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Psalms 9:8
He shall judge the world in righteousness, And ...
Psalms 96:13
For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the...
Psalms 98:9
For He is coming to judge the earth. With right...
John 5:22
For the Father judges no one, but has committed...
John 5:27
And has given Him authority to execute judgment...
Acts 10:42
And He commanded us to preach to the people, an...
Romans 2:16
In the day when God will judge the secrets of m...
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Acts 2:24
Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
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