1 When|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G1510" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" companions|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="G1353" through|strong="G1353" Amphipolis and|strong="G2532" Apollonia, they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Thessalonica|strong="G2332", where|strong="G3699" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453".
2 As|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1438" custom|strong="G1486", Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1909" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1909" three|strong="G5140" Sabbaths|strong="G4521" he|strong="G2532" reasoned|strong="G1256" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Scriptures|strong="G1124",
3 explaining|strong="G1272" and|strong="G2532" presenting evidence|strong="G3908" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" necessary|strong="G1163" for|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" to|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G3958" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" rise|strong="G1163" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498", saying|strong="G3754", “This|strong="G3778" Jesus|strong="G2424" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" proclaiming|strong="G2605" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547".”
4 Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Jews were|strong="G3588" persuaded|strong="G3982" and|strong="G2532" joined|strong="G4345" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609", as|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" number|strong="G4128" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" devout|strong="G4576" Greeks|strong="G1672" and|strong="G2532" quite|strong="G4183" a|strong="G2532" few|strong="G3641" prominent|strong="G4413" women|strong="G1135".
5 But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" who|strong="G3588" refused to|strong="G1519" believe rounded up|strong="G1519" some|strong="G5100" evil|strong="G4190" men|strong="G5100" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" marketplace and|strong="G2532" formed|strong="G3792" a|strong="G2532" mob|strong="G3792", setting the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1519" an|strong="G2532" uproar|strong="G2350". They|strong="G2532" attacked Jason|strong="G2394"'s house|strong="G3614", seeking|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G4254" Paul|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" Silas out|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" public assembly|strong="G1218".
6 But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G2147" not|strong="G3361" find|strong="G2147" them|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" dragged|strong="G4951" Jason|strong="G2394" and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" other|strong="G1161" brothers to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4173" officials, shouting, “These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" turned the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G3625" upside|strong="G3625" down have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G3918" here|strong="G1759" also|strong="G2532",
7 and|strong="G2532" Jason|strong="G2394" has|strong="G3739" welcomed|strong="G5264" them|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" act|strong="G4238" contrary to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" decrees|strong="G1378" of|strong="G2532" Caesar|strong="G2541", saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" another|strong="G2087" king|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424".”
8 And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" stirred|strong="G5015" up|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4173" officials who|strong="G3588" heard these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778".
9 But|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city officials had|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" a|strong="G2532" security|strong="G2425" bond|strong="G2532" from|strong="G3844" Jason|strong="G2394" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3062", they|strong="G2532" released them|strong="G3588".
10 As|strong="G1519" soon as|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571" the|strong="G2532" brothers sent|strong="G1599" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G2532" Silas|strong="G4609" to|strong="G1519" Berea. When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G3854", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453".
11 Now|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3778" Jews were|strong="G1510" more|strong="G2192" noble|strong="G2104" than|strong="G2104" those|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Thessalonica|strong="G2332", and|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" received|strong="G1209" the|strong="G1722" word|strong="G3056" with|strong="G3326" great|strong="G3956" eagerness|strong="G4288", examining the|strong="G1722" Scriptures|strong="G1124" every|strong="G3956" day|strong="G2250" to|strong="G2596" see if|strong="G1487" what|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G1510" said|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" true|strong="G3779".
12 As|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="G1537", many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100", as|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" quite|strong="G4183" a|strong="G2532" few|strong="G3641" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Greek|strong="G1674" women|strong="G1135" of|strong="G1537" high|strong="G2532" standing and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588".
13 But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" of|strong="G3056" Thessalonica|strong="G2332" found|strong="G1097" out|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" proclaiming|strong="G2605" the|strong="G1722" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G1722" Berea also|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2532" as|strong="G5613" well|strong="G2532", agitating|strong="G4531" the|strong="G1722" crowds|strong="G3793".
14 Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" brothers immediately|strong="G2112" sent|strong="G1821" Paul|strong="G3972" away|strong="G1821", as|strong="G1161" though|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G4198" by|strong="G1909" sea|strong="G2281", but|strong="G1161" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095" remained|strong="G5278" in|strong="G1909" Berea.
15 Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" escorted|strong="G2525" Paul|strong="G3972" brought|strong="G2064" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G5613" far|strong="G2193" as|strong="G5613" Athens, and|strong="G2532" after|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" an|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" for|strong="G4314" Silas|strong="G4609" and|strong="G2532" Timothy|strong="G5095" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G5613" soon|strong="G5613" as|strong="G5613" possible, they|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G1826".
16 While|strong="G1722" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="G1551" for|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Athens, his|strong="G1438" spirit|strong="G4151" was|strong="G1510" provoked|strong="G3947" within|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" saw|strong="G2334" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" city|strong="G4172" was|strong="G1510" full|strong="G1722" of|strong="G4151" idols|strong="G2712".
17 So|strong="G3767" he|strong="G2532" reasoned|strong="G1256" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" devout|strong="G4576" Greeks, and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" marketplace every|strong="G3956" day|strong="G2250" with|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3909" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532".
18 Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Epicurean|strong="G1946" and|strong="G2532" Stoic|strong="G4770" philosophers|strong="G5386" also|strong="G2532" conversed with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". Some|strong="G5100" said|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" babbler|strong="G4691" trying to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004"?” But|strong="G1161" others|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" seems|strong="G1380" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" proclaimer|strong="G2604" of|strong="G2532" foreign deities|strong="G1140".” (They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" preaching|strong="G2097" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" about|strong="G2424" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" resurrection.)
19 So|strong="G5037" they|strong="G3588" took|strong="G1949" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G5037" brought him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" Areopagus, saying|strong="G3004", “May|strong="G1410" we|strong="G3778" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" this|strong="G3778" new|strong="G2537" teaching|strong="G1322" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" yoʋ are|strong="G3588" presenting?
20 For|strong="G1063" yoʋ are|strong="G1510" bringing|strong="G1533" some|strong="G5100" strange|strong="G3579" things|strong="G3778" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G1519" ears, and|strong="G3767" we|strong="G2249" would|strong="G2309" like|strong="G2309" to|strong="G1519" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" they|strong="G3588" mean|strong="G2309".”
21 (Now|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" Athenians and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" foreigners|strong="G3581" who|strong="G3588" dwelt there|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" spend|strong="G2119" their|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2119" in|strong="G1519" nothing|strong="G3762" else|strong="G2228" but|strong="G1161" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" listening to|strong="G1519" whatever|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" newest idea might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532".)
22 Paul|strong="G3972" then|strong="G1161" stood|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Areopagus and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G5346", “Men|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1722" Athens, I|strong="G1161" see|strong="G2334" just|strong="G5613" how|strong="G5613" religious you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G3956" way|strong="G2596".
23 For|strong="G1063" as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" going|strong="G1330" around and|strong="G2532" closely observing yoʋr objects|strong="G4574" of|strong="G2316" worship|strong="G2151", I|strong="G1473" even|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" an|strong="G2532" altar|strong="G1041" that|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" inscribed: ‘To|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" unknown god|strong="G2316".’ I|strong="G1473" proclaim|strong="G2605" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" therefore|strong="G3767" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" worship|strong="G2151" in|strong="G1722" ignorance.
24 The|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889" and|strong="G2532" everything|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" of|strong="G2316" heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", does|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" dwell|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1722" temples|strong="G3485" made|strong="G4160" by|strong="G1722" hands|strong="G5499",
25 neither|strong="G3761" is|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" served|strong="G2323" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G5259" men|strong="G3956", as|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" needed|strong="G4326" anything|strong="G5100". Rather, he|strong="G2532" himself continually gives|strong="G1325" life|strong="G2222" and|strong="G2532" breath|strong="G4157" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" mankind.
26 From|strong="G1537" one|strong="G1520" bloodline he|strong="G2532" created|strong="G4160" every|strong="G3956" nation|strong="G1484" of|strong="G1537" mankind to|strong="G2532" dwell|strong="G2730" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" entire|strong="G3956" face|strong="G4383" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093". He|strong="G2532" determined|strong="G3724" their|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="G4160" times|strong="G2540" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boundaries|strong="G3734" of|strong="G1537" where|strong="G3956" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" dwell|strong="G2730",
27 so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" seek|strong="G2212" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" perhaps feel their|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3112" toward him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" him|strong="G3588", though|strong="G1487" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" far|strong="G3112" from|strong="G2532" any|strong="G1487" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2316" us|strong="G2249".
28 For|strong="G1063" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1063" live|strong="G2198" and|strong="G2532" move|strong="G2795" and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1510", as|strong="G5613" even|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" own poets|strong="G4163" have|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004":
29 Being|strong="G1510" then|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" offspring|strong="G1085" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", we|strong="G2532" ought|strong="G3784" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" think|strong="G3543" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" divine|strong="G2304" being|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" like|strong="G3664" gold|strong="G5557", silver, or|strong="G2228" stone|strong="G3037", an|strong="G2532" image|strong="G5480" formed|strong="G5480" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" skill|strong="G5078" and|strong="G2532" imagination|strong="G1761" of|strong="G2316" man|strong="G3756".
30 Therefore|strong="G3767", having|strong="G3767" overlooked|strong="G5237" the|strong="G3956" times|strong="G5550" of|strong="G2316" ignorance, God|strong="G2316" now|strong="G3568" commands|strong="G3853" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" everywhere|strong="G3837" to|strong="G2316" repent|strong="G3340",
31 because|strong="G1537" he|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" set|strong="G2476" a|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" on|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" going|strong="G3195" to|strong="G3195" judge|strong="G2919" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G3625" in|strong="G1722" righteousness|strong="G1343" by|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3956" he|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" appointed|strong="G3724". He|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" provided assurance|strong="G4102" of|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3195" everyone|strong="G3956" by|strong="G1722" raising this|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3956" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498".”
32 Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" heard about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" resurrection of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498", some|strong="G3588" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" scoff, but|strong="G1161" others|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G2532" wish to|strong="G2532" hear about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" from|strong="G2532" yoʋ again|strong="G3825".”
33 So|strong="G3779" Paul|strong="G3972" departed|strong="G1831" from|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588",
34 but|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" joined|strong="G2853" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" believed|strong="G4100", among|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" Dionysius|strong="G1354" the|strong="G1722" Areopagite, a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" named|strong="G3686" Damaris|strong="G1152", and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G2087" with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588".