Acts 17:16-34

16NowG1161 while PaulG3972 waited for them at AthensG116, his spiritG4151 wasG1510 provoked within him as he beheld the cityG4172 full of idols. 17So he reasonedG1256 in the synagogueG4864 with the JewsG2453 and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every dayG2250 with them that met him. 18And certainG5100 alsoG2532 of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some saidG3004, What would this babbler sayG3004? others, He seemeth to beG1510 a setter forth of strangeG3581 gods: because he preached JesusG2424 and the resurrectionG386. 19And they took holdG1949 of him, and broughtG71 him unto the Areopagus, sayingG3004, May we knowG1097 what this newG2537 teachingG1322 is, which is spokenG2980 by thee? 20For thou bringest certainG5100 strangeG3579 thingsG3778 to our earsG189: we would knowG1097 thereforeG3767 what these thingsG3778 mean. 21(NowG1161 all the AtheniansG117 and the strangersG3581 sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tellG3004 or to hearG191 some newG2537 thingG3762.) 22And PaulG3972 stoodG2476 in the midstG3319 of the Areopagus, and saidG5346,

Ye menG435 of Athens, in all thingsG3956 I perceive that ye are very religious. 23For as I passedG1330 along, and observed the objects of your worshipG4574, I foundG2147 alsoG2532 an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWNG50 GODG2316. What thereforeG3767 ye worshipG4574 in ignorance, this I set forth unto you. 24The GodG2316 that madeG4160 the worldG2889 and all thingsG3778 therein, he, being LordG2962 of heavenG3772 and earthG1093, dwelleth not in templesG3485 madeG4160 with handsG5499; 25neither is he served by men’s handsG5495, as though he needed anythingG5100, seeing he himself giveth to all lifeG2222, and breath, and all thingsG3956; 26and he madeG4160 of oneG1520 every nationG1484 of menG444 to dwellG2730 on all the faceG4383 of the earthG1093, having determined their appointed seasonsG2540, and the bounds of their habitation; 27that they should seekG2212 GodG2316, if haply they might feel after him and findG2147 him, though he is not farG3112 from each oneG1520 of us: 28for in him we liveG2198, and moveG2795, and have our beingG1510; as certainG5100 evenG2532 of your own poets have saidG3004,

29BeingG1510 then the offspringG1085 of GodG2316, we oughtG3784 not to thinkG3543 that the Godhead isG1510 like unto goldG5557, or silverG696, or stoneG3037, graven by art and device of manG444. 30The timesG5550 of ignoranceG52 thereforeG3767 GodG2316 overlooked; but nowG3568 he commandeth menG444 that they should all everywhereG3837 repentG3340: 31inasmuch as he hath appointedG3724 a dayG2250 in which he will judgeG2919 the worldG3625 in righteousnessG1343 by the manG435 whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all menG435, in that he hath raisedG450 him from the deadG3498.

32NowG1161 when they heardG191 of the resurrectionG386 of the deadG3498, some mocked; but others saidG3004, We will hearG191 thee concerningG4012 this yet againG3825. 33ThusG3779 PaulG3972 wentG1831 out from among them. 34But certainG5100 menG435 clave unto him, and believedG4100: among whom alsoG2532 was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a womanG1135 namedG3686 Damaris, and othersG2087 with them.