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When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there
was a Jewish
synagogue .
Now
when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of
the
Jews:
As was
his custom
, Paul
went into
the
synagogue
, and on
three Sabbaths
he
reasoned with them from
the Scriptures,
And
Paul,
as his manner
was
, went in
unto
them
, and three sabbath
days
reasoned with them out
of
the scriptures,
explaining
and proving
that the
Christ had
to
suffer
and rise
from the dead .
“
This Jesus I am
proclaiming
to
you is the
Christ ,”
he
declared
.
Opening
and alleging,
that Christ must
needs
have
suffered,
and risen
again
from the dead ;
and
that
this Jesus ,
whom
I preach
unto
you ,
is Christ.
Some of the
Jews
were
persuaded
and joined
Paul and Silas ,
along
with
a
large
number
of God-fearing
Greeks and quite
a few leading
women
.
And
some of them
believed,
and consorted
with
Paul and Silas ;
and
of the
devout
Greeks a
great
multitude,
and of
the
chief
women
not
a few.
The Jews, however
, became
jealous.
So
they
brought
in
some
troublemakers
from
the marketplace
, formed
a mob
, and sent
the city into
an uproar .
They
raided
Jason’s
house in
search
of Paul
and
Silas
, hoping
to bring them out to the people.
But
the Jews which
believed
not
, moved
with
envy
, took
unto
them
certain
lewd
fellows
of
the baser
sort
, and
gathered
a company
, and set
all
the city on
an uproar ,
and
assaulted
the
house of Jason
, and
sought
to bring them out to the people.
But
when they could
not
find
them, they dragged
Jason and some
other
brothers
before
the city officials
, shouting
, “
These men
who
have turned the world upside down have
now
come here,
And
when they found
them not
, they drew
Jason and certain
brethren
unto
the rulers
of
the
city, crying
, These that
have turned the world upside down are
come hither
also;
and
Jason has
welcomed
them
into
his
home.
They
are
all defying
Caesar’s
decrees, saying that there is another king, named
Jesus !”
Whom
Jason hath
received:
and
these
all do
contrary
to
the
decrees of
Caesar
, saying that there is another king, one
Jesus .
On
hearing
this,
the crowd
and city officials
were
greatly
disturbed
.
And
they
troubled
the people
and the
rulers
of
the
city ,
when
they
heard
these
things
.
And they collected
bond
from
Jason and the others
, and
then
released
them.
And when
they had
taken
security
of
Jason ,
and of
the other
, they
let
them go
.
As
soon
as
night
had
fallen,
the brothers
sent Paul and Silas away
to
Berea .
On
arriving
there,
they
went into the Jewish
synagogue.
And
the brethren
immediately
sent away
Paul and Silas by
night
unto
Berea :
who
coming
thither
went into the synagogue of
the
Jews
.
Now
the
Bereans
were more noble -minded
than the
Thessalonians
, for
they received the message
with great
eagerness
and examined
the Scriptures every
day
to
see
if
these
teachings
were true
.
These
were more noble than those
in
Thessalonica
, in
that
they received the word
with all
readiness
of
mind,
and searched
the scriptures daily,
whether
those
things
were so
.
As
a
result,
many of them believed ,
along
with
quite
a
few
prominent
Greek
women and men.
Therefore
many of them believed ;
also
of
honourable
women which
were
Greeks,
and of
men ,
not
a
few
.
But when the Jews from
Thessalonica learned
that Paul
was
also
proclaiming
the word of God in
Berea, they went
there
themselves
to
incite
and agitate
the crowds
.
But when the Jews of
Thessalonica had
knowledge
that the word of God was
preached
of
Paul
at
Berea, they came
thither
also,
and stirred
up
the people
.
The
brothers
immediately sent Paul to the coast,
but Silas and Timothy
remained
in
Berea
.
And
then
immediately the
brethren
sent away
Paul to go
as
it
were
to
the sea:
but Silas and Timotheus
abode
there
still
.
Those
who
escorted
Paul brought him to
Athens and then
returned
with
instructions
for
Silas and Timothy
to join
him as
soon
as
possible
.
And
they
that
conducted
Paul brought him unto
Athens :
and receiving
a
commandment
unto
Silas and Timotheus
for
to come
to
him with
all
speed,
they
departed
.
While Paul was
waiting
for them in
Athens, he
was
deeply
disturbed
in
his spirit to
see
that
the city was
full
of
idols
.
Now
while Paul waited
for them at
Athens, his spirit was
stirred
in
him,
when
he
saw
the city wholly
given
to
idolatry
.
So
he reasoned
in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing
Gentiles
, and in the marketplace
with those
he
met each
day
.
Therefore
disputed
he in the synagogue with the Jews ,
and with
the
devout
persons
, and in the market
daily
with them
that
met with
him
.
Some
Epicurean
and
Stoic
philosophers also
began
to
debate
with
him. Some of
them
asked
, “
What is
this babbler trying
to
say? ”
Others
said
, “
He seems
to be advocating
foreign
gods .”
They
said
this
because Paul
was
proclaiming
the
good
news
of
Jesus and the resurrection.
Then
certain
philosophers of
the
Epicureans,
and
of
the
Stoicks,
encountered
him. And
some said
, What will
this babbler say? other
some
, He seemeth
to be a
setter
forth
of
strange
gods :
because he
preached
unto
them
Jesus ,
and the resurrection.
So
they took Paul
and brought him to
the
Areopagus, where
they
asked
him
, “
May we know what this new teaching
is that
you
are
presenting
?
And
they took him,
and brought him unto
Areopagus, saying
, May we know what this new doctrine,
whereof
thou
speakest,
is?
For you
are
bringing
some
strange notions
to our ears ,
and
we want
to
know what they
mean. ”
For thou
bringest
certain
strange things
to our ears :
we would
know therefore
what these
things
mean.
Now
all the Athenians and foreigners
who
lived
there spent their time doing
nothing more
than
hearing
and
articulating
new ideas
.
(For
all the Athenians and strangers
which
were
there spent their time in
nothing else,
but
either
to
tell,
or
to
hear
some
new thing
. )
Then Paul stood up
in the meeting
of the
Areopagus
and said, “
Men of Athens, I see
that in every
way
you
are very
religious
.
Then Paul stood in the midst
of Mars'
hill,
and said, Ye
men of Athens, I perceive
that in all
things
ye
are too
superstitious
.
For as I walked
around
and examined
your objects
of
worship
, I even
found an altar with this inscription :
TO AN
UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what
you
worship as
something
unknown
, I now
proclaim
to
you.
For as I passed
by,
and beheld
your devotions
, I found an altar with this inscription ,
TO THE
UNKNOWN GOD. Whom
therefore ye
ignorantly
worship, him
declare
I unto
you.
The
God who
made the world and everything
in
it
is the
Lord of heaven and earth and
does
not live
in temples made by
human
hands .
God that
made the world and all
things
therein,
seeing
that
he
is Lord of heaven and earth ,
dwelleth
not in temples made with
hands ;
Nor
is He
served
by
human
hands, as if
He needed anything
, because
He Himself
gives
everyone
life and breath and everything
else.
Neither
is worshipped
with
men's
hands, as though
he needed any
thing
, seeing
he giveth
to
all
life ,
and breath ,
and all
things;
From
one
man
He
made every
nation
of men ,
that
they
should
inhabit
the whole
earth ;
and He
determined their
appointed
times and the boundaries
of their lands.
And
hath
made of one
blood
all
nations
of
men for
to
dwell
on
all
the face
of
the
earth ,
and hath
determined the
times before
appointed,
and the bounds
of their habitation;
God
intended
that they would
seek Him
and
perhaps
reach
out
for
Him and find Him, though He is
not far from each
one of us .
That they should
seek the
Lord,
if
haply
they
might
feel
after
him ,
and find him, though he be
not far from every
one of us :
‘
For in Him we live and move and have our being .’
As some
of your own poets have said, ‘
We are His offspring. ’
For in him we live ,
and move ,
and have our being ;
as certain
also
of your own poets have said, For
we are also
his offspring.
Therefore,
being
offspring of God, we should
not think that the Divine
Being
is like gold or silver or stone, an
image
formed
by man’s
skill
and imagination
.
Forasmuch
then
as
we
are
the
offspring of God, we ought
not to
think that the Godhead
is like unto
gold ,
or silver ,
or stone, graven
by art
and man's
device
.
Although
God
overlooked
the ignorance
of
earlier
times ,
He
now commands
all people
everywhere
to repent .
And
the times of
this
ignorance
God
winked
at;
but
now commandeth
all men
every
where
to repent :
For
He has
set
a day when
He will judge the world with
justice
by the
Man He has
appointed.
He has
given proof
of
this
to
everyone
by
raising
Him from the dead. ”
Because
he hath
appointed
a day ,
in
the
which
he will judge the world in
righteousness
by that
man whom
he hath
ordained;
whereof
he hath
given assurance
unto
all
men,
in
that
he
hath
raised
him from the dead.
When they heard about
the resurrection of the dead, some began
to
mock
him,
but
others said, “
We want
to
hear you
again on
this topic
. ”
And
when they heard of
the resurrection of the dead, some mocked:
and
others said, We will
hear thee
again of
this matter
.
At
that,
Paul left
the
Areopagus
.
So
Paul departed
from
among
them
.
But
some
joined
him and believed ,
including
Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who
were
with them.
Howbeit
certain
men
clave
unto
him ,
and believed :
among
the
which
was
Dionysius the Areopagite, and
a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
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