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Preaching Christ at Thessalonica

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

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Paul Preaches at Thessalonica

And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.

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Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

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And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,

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explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.”

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opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom *I* announce to you.

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And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.

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And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

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Assault on Jason’s House

But the Jews [a]who were not persuaded, [b]becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

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Jason Seized

But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;

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But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.

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and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,

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Jason has [c]harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king — Jesus.”

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whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

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And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.

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And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.

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So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

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And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.

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Ministering at Berea

Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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Paul and Silas at Berea

But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.

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These were more [d]fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

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And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.

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Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.

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Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.

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But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.

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But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.

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Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.

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And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.

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So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.

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But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

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The Philosophers at Athens

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was [e]given over to idols.

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Paul at Athens

But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.

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Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there.

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He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.

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[f]Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this [g]babbler want to say?”
Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

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But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection [to them].

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And they took him and brought him to the [h]Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?

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And having taken hold on him they brought [him] to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?

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For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”

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For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

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For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

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Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.

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Addressing the Areopagus

Then Paul stood in the midst of the [i]Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;

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Paul Before the Areopagus

And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

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for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you:

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for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing [him], him I announce to you.

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God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.

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The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

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Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

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nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;

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And He has made from one [j]blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

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and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,

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so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

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that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

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for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

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for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

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Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.

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Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.

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Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,

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God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

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because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

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because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.

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And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter.”

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And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

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So Paul departed from among them.

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Thus Paul went out of their midst.

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However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.

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