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Acts 17:16-34

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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