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Paul
at Thessalonica |
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Acts 17:1
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Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis
and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
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Acts 17:2
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And according to Paul's custom, he went to them,
and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, |
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Acts 17:3
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explaining and giving evidence that the Christ
had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I am
proclaiming to you is the Christ." |
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Acts 17:4
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And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul
and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and a number of
the leading women. |
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Acts 17:5
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But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along
some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar;
and attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people. |
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Acts 17:6
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When they did not find them, they began dragging
Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who
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Acts 17:7
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and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act
contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus."
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Acts 17:8
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They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities
who heard these things. |
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Acts 17:9
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And when they had received a pledge from Jason
and the others, they released them. |
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Paul at Berea |
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Acts 17:10
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The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas
away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of
the Jews. |
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Acts 17:11
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Now these were more noble-minded than those
in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the
Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. |
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Acts 17:12
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Therefore many of them believed, along with
a number of prominent Greek women and men. |
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Acts 17:13
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But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out
that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there
as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds. |
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Acts 17:14
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Then immediately the brethren sent Paul out
to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there. |
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Acts 17:15
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Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far
as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon
as possible, they left. |
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Paul at Athens |
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Acts 17:16
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Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens,
his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of
idols. |
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Acts 17:17
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So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the
Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those
who happened to be present. |
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Acts 17:18
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And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers
were conversing with him. Some were saying, "What would this idle babbler wish
to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,"--because he
was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. |
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Acts 17:19
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And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus,
saying, "May we know what this new teaching is which you are proclaiming? |
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Acts 17:20
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"For you are bringing some strange things to
our ears; so we want to know what these things mean." |
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Acts 17:21
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(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting
there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something
new.) |
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Sermon on Mars Hill |
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Acts 17:22
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So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus
and said, "Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects.
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Acts 17:23
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"For while I was passing through and examining
the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, 'TO
AN UNKNOWN GOD.' Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. |
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Acts 17:24
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"The God who made the world and all things in
it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with
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Acts 17:25
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nor is He served by human hands, as though He
needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all
things; |
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Acts 17:26
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and He made from one man every nation of mankind
to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times
and the boundaries of their habitation, |
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Acts 17:27
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and He made from one man every nation of mankind
to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times
and the boundaries of their habitation, |
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Acts 17:28
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for in Him we live and move and exist, as even
some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.' |
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Acts 17:29
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"Being then the children of God, we ought not
to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed
by the art and thought of man. |
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Acts 17:30
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"Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance,
God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, |
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Acts 17:31
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because He has fixed a day in which He will
judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished
proof to all men by raising Him from the dead." |
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Acts 17:32
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Now when they heard of the resurrection of the
dead, some began to sneer, but others said, "We shall hear you again concerning
this." |
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Acts 17:33
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So Paul went out of their midst. |
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Acts 17:34
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But some men joined him and believed, among
whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with
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