Acts 17

Acts 17:1

• Paul and Silas

• traveled through
• journeyed through
• traveled through the

• Amphipolis, and
• Amphipolis and
• cities of Amphipolis and

• Apollonia, they
• Apollonia. They
• Apollonia and
• Apollonia, and
• Apollonia.
• Apollonia,
• Apollonia, Paul and Silas

• came to
• they came to

• Thessalonica, where there
• Thessalonica where there
• Thessalonica, where

• was a
• was

• Jewish synagogue.
• synagogue of the Jews,
• synagogue of the Jews.
• synagogue of the Jews:
• synagogue.

Acts 17:2

• As usual,
• And according to Paul

• ’s custom, he
• Paul

• went to the
• went into the
• went to

• synagogue, and on three Sabbath

• days he
• days

• reasoned with
• argued with

• them from the

• Scriptures,
• scriptures.
• scriptures,
• Scriptures.

Acts 17:3

• explaining and
• He explained and
• He explained the

• demonstrating that the
• proved that the

• Christ
• Messiah

• had to
• must

• suffer and
• suffer and to

• rise from the

• dead. “This
• dead: “This

• Jesus whom
• Jesus, whom
• Jesus,’
• Jesus
• Jesus, that
• Jesus that

• Iam

• proclaiming to
• telling

• you
• you,
• you about

• is the

• Christ.”
• Christ.’
• Messiah.’
• Messiah.
• Messiah.”
• Christ!” he said.
• Christ,” he said.

Acts 17:4

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Acts 17:5

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Acts 17:6

• When they
• But when they
• But they
• And when they

• did
• could

• not
• n’t

• find

• them,
• them. So

• they dragged

• Jason and some of the
• Jason and some

• brothers before the
• believers before the
• brethren before the
• believers to the

• city

• officials,
• officials.
• authorities,
• magistrates,
• authorities and

• shouting, “These
• shouting: “These
• shouting, ‘The
• crying, “These
• crying, These

• men who
• people who
• men

• have

• made
• caused
• stirred up

• trouble all over the
• trouble throughout the

• world

• have
• are

• come here

• also,
• also.
• also;
• too,
• too!
• too.

Acts 17:7

• And Jason
• and Jason
• Jason
• whom Jason

• has

• welcomed
• received

• them as guests!
• them as guests.
• them.
• them; and
• them, and

• They
• They all
• they all

• are all acting
• act

• contrary to the decrees of Caesar,

• saying that there
• saying there

• is another

• king:
• king—
• king,
• king

• Jesus!”
• Jesus.”
• Jesus.’
• called Jesus.”
• named Jesus.”
• named Jesus!”

Acts 17:8

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Acts 17:9

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Acts 17:10

• The brothers
• The brethren

• immediately sent Paul and Silas away by

• night, to
• night to

• Berea. When
• Beroea; and when
• Beroea. When
• Berea, and when

• they

• arrived,
• arrived
• got

• they
• there, they

• went into the Jewish synagogue.

Acts 17:11

• These Jews were
• Now these were
• The people there were

• more

• open-minded than those in
• noble-minded than those in
• fair-minded than those in
• noble than those in

• Thessalonica;
• Thessalonica:
• Thessalonica.
• Thessalonica, for
• Thessalonica, and
• Thessalonica, in that

• they
• They

• received the
• welcomed the
• accepted the

• word with all
• message with all

• eagerness, examining the

• scriptures every
• scriptures

• day to
• daily to

• see if what
• see if these
• see whether these
• see whether

• things
• Paul said

• were
• was

• true.
• so.

Acts 17:12

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Acts 17:13

• But when the Jews from
• But when the Jews of
• But when the Jews in

• Thessalonica

• learned that
• heard that

• Paul was preaching the

• word of
• Word of

• God in

• Berea.
• Berea,
• Berea

• they
• They
• also, they

• came
• went

• there
• there,

• too,
• too.

• They upset the people and made trouble.

Acts 17:14

• The believers
• Then the brothers
• So the believers

• immediately
• quickly

• sent
• arranged for

• Paul
• Paul off on

• away to the
• his

• coast, but
• coast. But
• way to the sea, but
• coast; but both
• coast, but both

• Silas and Timothy

• remained
• stayed in
• stayed

• Berea.
• there.
• behind.

Acts 17:15

• Those who escorted
• Those who conducted

• Paul

• brought
• took
• went with

• him as
• him to the

• far as
• city of

• Athens,
• Athens.
• Athens, and
• Athens and

• then
• Then they

• returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to

• come to
• join
• rejoin

• him
• Paul

• as

• soon as
• quickly as

• possible.
• they could.

Acts 17:16

• While Paul
• Now while Paul
• Paul

• was waiting for Silas and Timothy in

• Athens,
• Athens.
• Athens

• He
• he

• was provoked within

• him as he
• him when he

• saw that the
• saw the

• city was

• full of
• given over to

• idols.
• idolatry,
• idolatry.

Acts 17:17

• So he
• He
• In the synagogue he
• In the synagogue, he

• reasoned in the
• argued in the
• held discussions in the
• talked with the

• synagogue with the Jews and the

• God-fearing Gentiles, and in the
• devout persons, and in the

• marketplace every
• market place every

• day with those who happened to be there.

Acts 17:18

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Acts 17:19

• They
• So they
• And they
• Then they

• took

• him and
• hold of him, and
• hold of him and
• Paul and

• brought him to the

• Areopagus,
• Are-opagus,
• Areopagus and
• Areopagus, and

• saying,
• saying, “
• said, “

• May we

• know what this
• know what is this

• new

• teaching
• doctrine

• is that
• is which

• you

• are presenting?
• are talking about.
• are talking about?
• are proclaiming?

Acts 17:20

• For you
• You

• are bringing some
• bring some

• strange things to our

• ears.
• ears;
• ears, so

• We
• we

• want to
• would like to
• should like to

• know what
• know what these
• find out what

• they
• things
• it

• mean.”
• mean.’
• mean—
• means.”

Acts 17:21

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Acts 17:22

• Then Paul
• So Paul,
• So Paul
• Paul

• stood up in
• stood in the
• standing in the

• midst of the
• front of the
• middle of the

• Areopagus and
• court and
• Areopagus,
• Are-opagus,

• said—“
• said: “
• said:
• said: ‘
• said, “

• Men of
• People of

• Athens!
• Athens,

• I

• see that
• see that in every
• see
• perceive that in every

• you
• way you

• are very

• religious;
• religious.

Acts 17:23

• For as I passed

• along and
• along, and

• observed the objects of your worship, I found also an

• altar with this
• altar with the
• altar

• inscription: to an
• inscription, ‘To an
• inscription: ‘To an
• inscription, ‘TO AN
• inscription: ‘TO AN
• inscription, ‘To the
• inscription, To the
• inscription: TO THE
• inscribed: TO AN
• inscribed, ‘To an

• unknown
• UNKNOWN

• God.
• god.
• god.’
• God.’
• God.’ What
• God.’ What,
• god.’ What

• Therefore, what
• Therefore what
• therefore
• therefore,
• Now what

• you

• worship without
• worship in
• worship as

• ignorance, this
• knowing,
• knowing
• unknown, this
• unknown,
• unknown

• I
• it, this I

• proclaim to
• announce to

• you.
• you—
• you:

Acts 17:24

• The God who
• “The God who
• “The God Who
• ‘The God who
• the God who
• The God Who
• God, who
• “God, who
• “He is the God who
• He is the God who

• made the

• world and
• world and all

• everything in
• things in

• it—
• it
• it.
• it,
• it, since

• is
• is the
• He is the

• Lord of
• Lord of the

• heaven and
• sky and the
• land and the

• Earth,
• earth,
• earth, he
• earth. He
• earth and
• sky. He

• does

• not
• n’t

• live in
• dwell in

• temples
• shrines

• made by
• built by
• made with

• human hands.
• human hands,
• hands;
• hands.
• hands,

Acts 17:25

• nor is
• Nor is
• neither is
• Neither is

• He
• he

• served by

• human
• men’s

• hands, as though
• hands as if
• hands, as if

• He
• he

• needed

• anything, since
• anything, because
• anything.
• something, since

• He
• he

• himself
• Himself

• gives
• gives, to all,
• gives to all
• gives to

• life and
• life, and
• everyone life and
• men life and
• life,

• breath, and
• breath and
• breath and all
• breath, and all

• things.
• things;
• everything.
• everything to everyone.

Acts 17:26

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Acts 17:27

• so that

• they
• people

• would
• should
• might

• seek
• search for
• seek the
• look for

• God and
• God, and
• God, if
• God.
• God,
• Lord, if
• God, in the

• perhaps
• hope that they might
• perhaps they might

• feel after
• grope for
• reach out for

• him, and
• Him and
• him and

• find

• Him, though
• him, though
• him. But
• him.

• He
• he

• is

• not
• actually not
• n’t

• far from each one of
• far from any of
• far from any one of

• us:
• us;
• us,
• us.

Acts 17:28

• For ‘In him
• ‘For in him
• For in him
• for “‘In him
• for in him
• For in Him
• for in Him
• ‘In him
• In him

• we

• live and
• live, and
• live,

• move, and
• move and
• move
• move and have

• exist, as
• exist.’ As some of
• exist. As some of
• have our being.’ As some of
• about and exist, as
• about and exist,’ as

• your
• even some of your

• own

• poets have
• writers have

• said, For
• said, ‘For
• said: ‘For
• said, ‘
• said,
• said:
• said, “

• we
• We

• are

• his
• His
• also His
• also his
• God’s

• offspring.
• offspring.’
• offspring.”
• children.
• children.”
• children.’

Acts 17:29

• Being
• ‘Being,

• then the

• offspring of
• children of

• God,
• God. So

• we
• you

• ought
• should
• must
• have no

• not to
• not
• n’t

• think that the
• think that
• think the
• suppose that the

• Deity
• deity
• divine
• divine nature
• Divine Nature
• God
• divine being

• is like
• being is like

• gold, or
• gold or
• gold,

• silver or
• silver, or

• stone,
• stone, an

• image formed by the art and device of

• man.
• man;

Acts 17:30

• The times of
• In the past people did
• In the past, people did

• ignorance
• not understand God, and

• God
• he

• overlooked, but
• overlooked. But

• now he

• commands all
• commands

• people
• men

• everywhere, to
• everywhere to

• repent,
• repent.
• repent

Acts 17:31

• because He
• because he
• He
• For he
• God

• has

• set a
• fixed a
• appointed a
• established a
• decided on a

• day on which
• day when
• day in which

• He
• he

• will ‘
• will
• is going to
• intends to
• intends to ‘

• judge the

• world in
• world with

• righteousness by the
• righteousness by a
• righteousness, by a
• justice by a
• justice,’ by a
• justice by the

• Man whom
• man whom
• Man
• man

• He
• he

• has

• appointed.
• appointed. And
• appointed, and
• chosen.
• appointed, and of this
• appointed—and of this
• appointed; and of this

• He
• he
• God

• has

• given
• provided

• assurance to all by

• raising
• raising that
• raising this

• Him from the
• him from the
• man from the

• dead.”
• dead!”
• dead.’
• dead.

Acts 17:32

• When they
• Now when they
• When the people

• heard about the
• heard of the
• heard about
• heard that

• resurrection of the
• resurrection from the
• Jesus being raised from

• dead, some,
• dead, some
• death, some of
• dead some of
• dead, some of

• mocked, but
• mocked; but
• mocked. But
• them laughed. But
• them laughed.
• began to scoff, but
• scoffed, but
• scoffed; but

• others
• Others

• said, ‘
• said,
• said, “

• We

• will
• want to
• should like to

• hear
• hear from

• you
• more about this from you
• you about this

• again about this.”
• again.
• again.”
• later.”

Acts 17:33

• So Paul
• And so Paul
• Thus Paul
• At that, Paul

• left the
• left
• went out from among
• went out from

• them,
• them.
• their midst.
• court.
• Court.
• their presence.
• Council.
• council.
• council meeting.
• council meeting,

Acts 17:34

• But some people
• but some people
• But some men
• However, some men

• joined
• followed

• him, and
• him and

• believed, among whom
• believed; among whom
• believed. Among
• believed, among
• became believers. Among
• believed,
• became believers,

• them
• also
• including

• were Dionysius, a
• were Dionysius the
• Dionysius, a
• Dionysius the
• was Dionysius, a

• Are-opagite and a
• Areopagite and a
• Areopagite, and a
• Areopagite, a

• woman named

• Damaris, and
• Damaris and
• Damaris, and some

• others with
• other

• them.
• people.