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Passage Lookup: Acts 17:16-34
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Acts 17:16
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While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was troubled within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.
Acts 17:17
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So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.(l)
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Acts 17:18
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Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, "What is this pseudo-intellectual[c] trying to say?" Others replied, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities"—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.[d](m)
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Acts 17:19
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They took him and brought him to the Areopagus,[e] and said, "May we learn about this new teaching you're speaking of?(n)
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Acts 17:20
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For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean."
Acts 17:21
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Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.
Acts 17:22
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Then Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that you are extremely religious in every respect.
Acts 17:23
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For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
Acts 17:24
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The God who made the world and everything in it(o)—He is Lord of heaven and earth(p) and does not live in shrines made by hands.(q)
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Acts 17:25
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Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything,(r) since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.(s)
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Acts 17:26
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From one man[f] He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.(t)
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Acts 17:27
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He did this so they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.(u)
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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 are also His offspring.'[g](v)
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Acts 17:29
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Being God's offspring then, we shouldn't think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.(w)
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Acts 17:30
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"Therefore, having overlooked(x) the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,
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Acts 17:31
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because He has set a day when He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead."(y)
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Acts 17:32
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When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, "We'd like to hear from you again about this."
Acts 17:33
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Then Paul left their presence.
Acts 17:34
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However, some men joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
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