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Acts 17

1Andhaving journeyedthroughAmphipolisandApollonia,theycameG2064toThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκην,ThessalonikēnG2332,whereὅπουhopouG3699wasG1510thesynagogueσυναγωγὴsunagōgēG4864oftheJewsἸουδαίων.IoudaiōnG2453.

2AndaccordingκατὰkataG2596toPaul'scustomhewentG1525inamongthem,andonthreeτρίαtriaG5140sabbathsσάββαταsabbataG4521reasonedδιελέξατοdielexatoG1256withthemfromthescripturesG1124,

3openingandlaying downthattheChristχριστὸνchristonG5547musthavesufferedπαθεῖνpatheinG3958andrisenG450upfromamongthedeadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498,andthatthisisG1510theChristχριστὸςchristosG5547,JesusἸησοῦςIēsousG2424whomIannouncetoyou.

4Andsomeofthembelieved,andjoinedthemselvestoPaulΠαύλῳPaulōG3972andSilasΣιλᾷ,SilaG4609,andoftheGreeksἙλλήνωνHellēnōnG1672whoworshipped,agreatπολύ,poluG4183multitudeπλῆθοςplēthosG4128,andofthechiefwomenG1135notafewὀλίγαι.¶oligaiG3641.

5ButtheJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453havingbeenstirreduptojealousy,andtakento[themselves]certainτινὰςtinasG5100wickedπονηροὺςponērousG4190menG435ofthelowest rabble,andhaving gotacrowdtogether,setthecityπόλιν,polinG4172inconfusion;andhaving besetthehouseοἰκίᾳoikiaG3614ofJasonἸάσονοςIasonosG2394soughtἐζήτουνezētounG2212tobringπροαγαγεῖνproagageinG4254themouttothepeople;

6andnothavingfoundG2147them,draggedJasonἸάσοναIasonaG2394andcertainτιναςtinasG5100brethrenbeforethepolitarchs,cryingβοῶντεςboōntesG994out,These[menG3778]thathavesettheworldοἰκουμένηνoikoumenēnG3625intumult,arecomehereἐνθάδεenthadeG1759alsoG2532,

7whomJasonἸάσων·IasōnG2394hasreceived;andthesealldocontrarytothedecreesofCaesarΚαίσαροςKaisarosG2541,sayingG3004,thatthereisG1510anotherkingβασιλέαbasileaG935,JesusἸησοῦν.IēsounG2424.

8AndtheytroubledG5015thecrowdὄχλονochlonG3793andthepolitarchswhentheyheardἀκούονταςakouontasG191thesethingsταῦτα·tautaG3778.

9AndhavingtakenG2983securityofJasonἸάσονοςIasonosG2394andtherestλοιπῶνloipōnG3062,theyletthemgoἀπέλυσανapelusanG630.

10ButthebrethrenimmediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōsG2112sentaway,inthenightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571,PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972andSilasΣιλᾶνSilanG4609toBereaΒέροιαν,BeroianG960;who, beingarrived,wentawayintothesynagogueσυναγωγὴνsunagōgēnG4864oftheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453.

11AndthesewereG1510morenoblethanthoseinThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκῃ,ThessalonikēG2332, receivingthewordλόγονlogonG3056withallreadinessπροθυμίαςprothumiasG4288ofmind,dailysearchingthescripturesG1124ifthesethingsG3778wereG1510soοὕτως.¶houtōsG3779.

12ThereforeοὖνounG3767manyΠολλοὶPolloiG4183fromamongthembelievedG4100,andofGrecianwomenG1135oftheupper classesandmenG435notafewὀλίγοι.¶oligoiG3641.

13ButwhenὩςHōsG5613theJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453fromThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκηςThessalonikēsG2332knewG1097thatthewordλόγοςlogosG3056ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316wasannouncedinBereaΒεροίᾳBeroiaG960alsoG2532byPaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972,theycameG2064therealsoG2532,stirringupthecrowdsὄχλους.ochlousG3793.

14AndthenimmediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōsG2112thebrethrensentawayἐξαπέστειλανexapesteilanG1821PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972togoπορεύεσθαιporeuesthaiG4198astotheseaθάλασσαν·thalassanG2281;butSilasΣιλᾶςSilasG4609andTimotheus abodethere.

15ButtheythatconductedPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972broughtG71himasfarG2193asAthensἈθηνῶν,AthēnōnG116;and, havingreceivedG2983acommandmentG1785toSilasΣιλᾶνSilanG4609andTimotheus,thattheyshouldcomeἔλθωσινelthōsinG2064tohimasquicklyτάχισταtachistaG5036aspossible,theydeparted.

16ButinAthensἈθήναιςAthēnaisG116,whilePaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972wasοὖσανousanG1510waitingforthem,hisspiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151wasG1510painfully excitedinhimseeingθεωροῦντοςtheōrountosG2334thecityπόλιν.polinG4172given uptoidolatry.

17HereasonedδιελέγετοdielegetoG1256thereforeοὖνounG3767inthesynagogueσυναγωγῇsunagōgēaG4864withtheJewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaioisG2453,andthosewhoworshipped,andinthemarket-placeeverydayἡμέρανhēmeranG2250withthosehemetwith.

18ButsomealsoG2532oftheEpicureanandStoicphilosophersattackedhim.Andsomesaidἔλεγον·elegonG3004,Whatwouldthischatterersayλέγειν;legeinG3004?andsome,HeseemsδοκεῖdokeiG1380tobeG1510anannouncerofforeigndemonsG1140,becauseheannouncedtheglad tidingsofJesusἸησοῦνIēsounG2424andtheresurrectionἀνάστασινanastasinG386[tothem].

19Andhaving takenholdἘπιλαβόμενοίEpilabomenoiG1949onhimtheybroughtG71[him]toAreopagus,sayingλέγοντες·legontesG3004,MightweknowγνῶναιgnōnaiG1097whatthisnewκαινὴkainēG2537doctrinewhichisspokenλαλουμένηlaloumenēG2980bythee [is]?

20Forthou bringestcertainG5100strangeξενίζονταxenizontaG3579thingsταῦταtautaG3778toourearsἀκοὰςakoasG189.WewishG2309thereforeοὖνounG3767toknowγνῶναιgnōnaiG1097whatthesethingsG3778maymean.

21NowδὲdeG1161all[the]AtheniansἈθηναῖοιAthēnaioiG117andthestrangersξένοιxenoiG3581sojourningtherespenttheirtimeinnothingelsethantotellλέγεινlegeinG3004andtohearἀκούεινakoueinG191thenews.

22AndPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972standingG2476inthemidstμέσῳmesōG3319ofAreopagussaidἔφη·ephēG5346,AtheniansἈθηναῖοι,AthēnaioiG117,ineverywayIseeG2334yougiven uptodemon worship;

23for,passingG1330throughandbeholdingyourshrines,IfoundG2147alsoG2532analtaronwhichwasinscribed,TotheunknownG50Godθεῷ.theōG2316.WhomthereforeοὖνounG3767ye reverence,notknowingἀγνοοῦντεςagnoountesG50[him],himIannouncetoyou.

24TheGodθεὸςtheosG2316whohasmadeG4160theworldκόσμονkosmonG2889andallthingsG3778whichareinit,he,beingLordκύριοςkuriosG2962ofheavenοὐρανοῦouranouG3772andearthγῆςgēsG1093,doesnotdwellκατοικεῖ,katoikeiG2730intemplesG3485madeG4160withhandsG5499,

25norisservedbymen'shandsχειρῶνcheirōnG5495asneedingsomethingG5100,himselfgivingG1325toalllifeζωὴνzōēnG2222andbreathandallthingsG3956;

26andhasmadeG4160ofoneἑνὸςhenosG1520bloodeverynationἔθνοςethnosG1484ofmenG444todwellκατοικεῖνkatoikeinG2730uponthewholefaceπροσώπουprosōpouG4383oftheearthγῆς,gēsG1093,havingdeterminedordainedtimesG2540andtheboundariesoftheirdwellingG2730,

27thattheymayseekζητεῖνzēteinG2212Godθεόν,theonG2316;ifindeedtheymightfeelafterhimandfindεὕροιεν,heuroienG2147him,althoughheisnotfarμακρὰνmakranG3112fromeachoneἑνὸςhenosG1520ofus:

28forinhimweliveζῶμενzōmenG2198andmoveκινούμεθαkinoumethaG2795andexist;asalsoG2532someofthepoetsamongstyouhavesaidG3004,ForweareG1510alsoG2532hisoffspringγένοςgenosG1085.

29BeingG1510thereforeοὖνounG3767[the]offspringγένοςgenosG1085ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,weoughtὀφείλομενopheilomenG3784nottothinkG3543thatwhichisG1510divineθεῖονtheionG2304tobeG1510likegoldχρυσῷchrusōG5557orsilverἀργύρῳargurōG696orstoneλίθῳ,lithōG3037, [the] graven formofman'sartandimagination.

30GodθεὸςtheosG2316thereforeοὖνounG3767,havingoverlookedthetimesG5550ofignoranceἀγνοίαςagnoiasG52,nowνῦνnunG3568enjoinsmenG444thattheyshallalleverywhereπανταχοῦpantachouG3837repentμετανοεῖν·metanoeinG3340,

31becausehehassetἔστησενestēsenG2476adayἡμέρανhēmeranG2250inwhichheisgoingtojudgeκρίνεινkrineinG2919thehabitableearthG3625inrighteousnessδικαιοσύνῃdikaiosunēG1343by[the]manἀνδρὶandriG435whomhehasappointedὥρισενhōrisenG3724, givingtheproof[ofit]toall[in] havingraisedG450himfromamong[the]deadνεκρῶν.¶nekrōnG3498.

32AndwhentheyheardG191[ofthe]resurrectionἀνάστασινanastasinG386ofthedeadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498,somemocked,andsomesaidG3004,WewillhearG191theeagainπάλιν.palinG3825alsoκαὶkaiG2532concerningπερὶperiG4012this.

33ThusοὕτωςhoutōsG3779PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972wentG1831outoftheirmidstμέσουmesouG3319.

34ButsomemenG435joiningthemselvestohimbelievedG4100;amongwhomalsoG2532wasDionysiustheAreopagite,andawomanγυνὴgunēG1135bynameG3686Damaris,andothersἕτεροιheteroiG2087withthem.

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