d.
To Thessalonica
17:1-9
Acts 17
:1
17:1
And they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to
1aThessalonica, where there was a
2bsynagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17
:2
17:2
And according to his
acustom Paul
1went in to them, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the
bScriptures,
Acts 17
:3
17:3
Opening and setting before
them that the Christ had to
asuffer and
brise from the dead, and
saying, This is the
cChrist, the Jesus whom I announce to you.
Acts 17
:4
17:4
And asome of them were persuaded and
1were joined to Paul and
bSilas, as well as a great multitude of the
cdevout dGreeks, and of the chief
ewomen not a few.
Acts 17
:5
17:5
But the Jews, becoming
ajealous and taking along some evil men from among the loafers in the marketplace, gathered a crowd and
bset the city in an uproar; and coming upon the house of
cJason, they sought to bring them to the populace.
Acts 17
:6
17:6
But when they did not find them, they
adragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, These men who have
bupset the
1world have come here also,
Acts 17
:7
17:7
Whom Jason has welcomed; and these all act contrary to the decrees of
aCaesar, saying that there is another
bking, Jesus.
Acts 17
:8
17:8
And they stirred up the crowd and the city officials, who listened to these things.
Acts 17
:9
17:9
And when they had taken bail from Jason and the rest, they released them.
e.
To Berea
17:10-13
Acts 17
:10
17:10
And the
abrothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away during the night to Berea, who, when they arrived, went off into the
bsynagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17
:11
17:11
Now these people were more
1noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness,
aexamining the Scriptures daily
to see whether these things were so.
Acts 17
:12
17:12
Therefore many of them believed, and
there were not a few Greek
awomen of high standing and men.
Acts 17
:13
17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been announced by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well,
aagitating and stirring up the crowds.
f.
To Athens
17:14-34
1)
Sent by the brothers
vv. 14-15
Acts 17
:14
17:14
And immediately the
abrothers then sent Paul off, to
bgo as far as the sea; and Silas and
cTimothy remained there.
Acts 17
:15
17:15
And those who conducted Paul brought
him as far as
1aAthens; and receiving a command for Silas and
bTimothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they went off.
2)
Reasoning with the Jews and confronting the Gentile philosophers
vv. 16-18
Acts 17
:16
17:16
And while Paul was waiting for them in Athens,
ahis 1spirit was provoked within him as he beheld that the city was
2bfull of idols.
Acts 17
:17
17:17
He reasoned therefore in the
asynagogue with the Jews and the
bdevout, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be
there.
Acts 17
:18
17:18
And some of the
1Epicurean and
2Stoic philosophers also confronted him. And some said, What would this
3babbler wish to say? And others, He seems to be an announcer of foreign
4deities — because he was
aannouncing Jesus and the
bresurrection as the gospel.
3)
Preaching on the Areopagus
vv. 19-34
Acts 17
:19
17:19
And they took hold of him and led
him to the
1aAreopagus, saying, May we know what this
bnew teaching is which is being spoken by you?
Acts 17
:20
17:20
For you are bringing
astrange things to our ears. We intend to know therefore
1what these things mean.
Acts 17
:21
17:21
(Now all the Athenians and the foreigners sojourning
there spent their time on nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)
Acts 17
:22
17:22
And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said,
1Men of Athens, I observe that in every way you
2very much revere your deities.
Acts 17
:23
17:23
For while I was passing through and carefully observing the objects of your
aworship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, To An UNKNOWN God. What therefore you worship
bwithout knowing, this I announce to you.
Acts 17
:24
17:24
The 1God who
amade the world and all things in it, this One, being
bLord of heaven and earth, does
cnot dwell in temples made with hands;
Acts 17
:25
17:25
Neither is He served by human hands as though He needed anything in addition, since He Himself gives to all life and
abreath and all things.
Acts 17
:26
17:26
And He made from
1one aevery nation of men to dwell on all the
bface of the earth, determining beforehand
their 2appointed seasons and the
cboundaries of their dwelling,
Acts 17
:27
17:27
That they might
aseek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find
Him, even though He is
1bnot far from each one of us;
Acts 17
:28
17:28
For 1in Him we live and move and are, as even some
2poets among you have said, For we are also
3His 4race.
Acts 17
:29
17:29
Being then the race of God, we ought not to suppose that
1what is divine is like
agold or silver or stone,
like an engraving of art and
2thought of man.
Acts 17
:30
17:30
Therefore, having overlooked the
atimes of
bignorance, God now
1charges all men everywhere to
crepent,
Acts 17
:31
17:31
Because He has set a
1aday in which He is to
bjudge the world in righteousness by the man whom He has designated, having furnished
2proof to all by
craising Him from the dead.
Acts 17
:32
17:32
And when they heard of a
aresurrection of the dead, some
bscoffed; and others said, We will hear you yet
cagain concerning this.
Acts 17
:33
17:33
Thus Paul went out from their midst.
Acts 17
:34
17:34
But some men
ajoined him and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the
bAreopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
