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[1]NowG1161 when they had passed throughG1353[G5660] AmphipolisG295 andG2532 ApolloniaG624, they cameG2064[G5627] toG1519 ThessalonicaG2332, whereG3699 wasG2258[G5713] a synagogueG4864 of the JewsG2453:
[2]AndG1161 PaulG3972, asG2596 his manner wasG1486[G5756], went inG1525[G5627] untoG4314 themG846, andG2532[G1909] threeG5140 sabbathG4521 days reasonedG1256[G5711] with themG846 out ofG575 the scripturesG1124,
[3]OpeningG1272[G5723] andG2532 allegingG3908[G5734], thatG3754 ChristG5547 must needsG1163[G5713] have sufferedG3958[G5629], andG2532 risen againG450[G5629] fromG1537 the deadG3498; andG2532 thatG3754 thisG3778 JesusG2424, whomG3739 IG1473 preachG2605[G5719] unto youG5213, isG2076[G5748] ChristG5547.
[4]AndG2532 someG5100 ofG1537 themG846 believedG3982[G5681], andG2532 consortedG4345[G5681] with PaulG3972 andG2532 SilasG4609; andG5037 of the devoutG4576[G5740] GreeksG1672 a greatG4183 multitudeG4128, andG5037 of the chiefG4413 womenG1135 notG3756 a fewG3641.
[5]ButG1161 the JewsG2453 which believed notG544[G5723], moved with envyG2206[G5660],[G2532] took unto themG4355[G5642] certainG5100 lewdG4190 fellowsG435 of the baser sortG60, andG2532 gathered a companyG3792[G5660], and set allG2350 the cityG4172 on an uproarG2350[G5707], andG5037 assaultedG2186[G5631] the houseG3614 of JasonG2394, and soughtG2212[G5707] to bringG71[G5629] themG846 outG1519 to the peopleG1218.
[6]AndG1161 when they foundG2147[G5631] themG846 notG3361, they drewG4951[G5707] JasonG2394 andG2532 certainG5100 brethrenG80 untoG1909 the rulers of the cityG4173, cryingG994[G5723],[G3754] TheseG3778 that have turnedG387 the worldG3625 upside downG387[G5660] are comeG3918[G5748] hitherG1759 alsoG2532;
[7]WhomG3739 JasonG2394 hath receivedG5264[G5766]: andG2532 theseG3778 allG3956 doG4238[G5719] contraryG561 to the decreesG1378 of CaesarG2541, sayingG3004[G5723] that there isG1511[G5750] anotherG2087 kingG935, one JesusG2424.
[8]AndG1161 they troubledG5015[G5656] the peopleG3793 andG2532 the rulers of the cityG4173, when they heardG191[G5723] these thingsG5023.
[9]AndG2532 when they had takenG2983[G5631] securityG2425 ofG3844 JasonG2394, andG2532 of the otherG3062, they letG630 themG846 goG630.[G5656]
[10]AndG1161 the brethrenG80 immediatelyG2112 sent awayG1599[G5656][G5037] PaulG3972 andG2532 SilasG4609 byG1223 nightG3571 untoG1519 BereaG960: whoG3748 comingG3854[G5637] thither wentG549[G5713] intoG1519 the synagogueG4864 of the JewsG2453.
[11][G1161]TheseG3778 wereG2258[G5713] more nobleG2104 than those inG1722 ThessalonicaG2332, in that theyG3748 receivedG1209[G5662] the wordG3056 withG3326 allG3956 readiness of mindG4288, and searchedG350[G5723] the scripturesG1124 dailyG2250[G2596], whetherG1487 those thingsG5023 wereG2192[G5722] soG3779.
[12]ThereforeG3767[G3303] manyG4183 ofG1537 themG846 believedG4100[G5656]; alsoG2532 of honourableG2158 womenG1135 whichG3588 were GreeksG1674, andG2532 of menG435, notG3756 a fewG3641.
[13]ButG1161 whenG5613 the JewsG2453 ofG575 ThessalonicaG2332 had knowledgeG1097[G5627] thatG3754[G2532] the wordG3056 of GodG2316 was preachedG2605[G5648] ofG5259 PaulG3972 atG1722 BereaG960, they cameG2064[G5627] thither alsoG2546, and stirred upG4531[G5723] the peopleG3793.
[14]AndG1161 thenG5119 immediatelyG2112 the brethrenG80 sent awayG1821[G5656] PaulG3972 to goG4198[G5738] as it wereG5613 toG1909 the seaG2281: butG1161[G5037] SilasG4609 andG2532 TimotheusG5095 abodeG5278 thereG1563 stillG5278.[G5707]
[15]AndG1161 they that conductedG2525[G5723] PaulG3972 broughtG71[G5627] himG846 untoG2193 AthensG116: andG2532 receivingG2983[G5631] a commandmentG1785 untoG4314 SilasG4609 andG2532 TimotheusG5095 for toG2443 comeG2064[G5632] toG4314 himG846 with all speedG5613[G5033], they departedG1826.[G5713]
[16]NowG1161 while PaulG3972 waited forG1551[G5740] themG846 atG1722 AthensG116, hisG846 spiritG4151 was stirredG3947[G5712] inG1722 himG846, when he sawG2334[G5723] the cityG4172 wholly givenG5607[G5752] to idolatryG2712.
[17]ThereforeG3767[G3303] disputed heG1256[G5711] inG1722 the synagogueG4864 with the JewsG2453, andG2532 with the devout personsG4576[G5740], andG2532 inG1722 the marketG58 dailyG2596[G3956][G2250] withG4314 them that met with himG3909.[G5723]
[18]ThenG1161 certainG5100 philosophersG5386 of the EpicureansG1946, andG2532 of the StoicksG4770, encounteredG4820[G5707] himG846. AndG2532 someG5100 saidG3004[G5707], WhatG5101 willG302[G2309][G5722] thisG3778 babblerG4691 sayG3004[G5721]?[G1161] other some, He seemethG1380[G5719] to beG1511[G5750] a setter forthG2604 of strangeG3581 godsG1140: becauseG3754 he preachedG2097[G5710] unto themG846 JesusG2424, andG2532 the resurrectionG386.
[19]AndG5037 they tookG1949[G5637] himG846, and brought himG71[G5627] untoG1909 AreopagusG697, sayingG3004[G5723], MayG1410[G5736] we knowG1097[G5629] whatG5101 thisG3778 newG2537 doctrineG1322, whereofG5259 thouG4675 speakestG2980, isG5746?
[20]ForG1063 thou bringestG1533[G5719] certainG5100 strange thingsG3579[G5723] toG1519 ourG2257 earsG189: we wouldG1014[G5736] knowG1097[G5629] thereforeG3767 whatG5101 these thingsG5023 meanG302[G2309][G5722][G1511].[G5750]
[21](ForG1161 allG3956 the AtheniansG117 andG2532 strangersG3581 whichG3588 were thereG1927[G5723] spent their timeG2119[G5707] inG1519 nothingG3762 elseG2087, but eitherG2228 to tellG3004[G5721], orG2532 to hearG191[G5721] someG5100 new thingG2537.)
[22]ThenG1161 PaulG3972 stoodG2476[G5685] inG1722 the midstG3319 of Mars' hillG697, and saidG5346[G5713], Ye menG435 of AthensG117, I perceiveG2334[G5719] thatG5613 inG2596 all thingsG3956 yeG5209 are too superstitiousG1174.
[23]ForG1063 as I passed byG1330[G5740], andG2532 beheldG333[G5723] yourG5216 devotionsG4574,[G2532] I foundG2147[G5627] an altarG1041 with thisG1722[G3739] inscriptionG1924[G5718], TO THE UNKNOWNG57 GODG2316. WhomG3739 thereforeG3767 ye ignorantlyG50[G5723] worshipG2151[G5719], himG5126 declareG2605[G5719] IG1473 unto youG5213.
[24]GodG2316 that madeG4160[G5660] the worldG2889 andG2532 all thingsG3956 thereinG1722[G846], seeing that heG3778 isG5225[G5723] LordG2962 of heavenG3772 andG2532 earthG1093, dwellethG2730[G5719] notG3756 inG1722 templesG3485 made with handsG5499;
[25]NeitherG3761 is worshippedG2323[G5743] withG5259 men'sG444 handsG5495, as though he neededG4326[G5740] any thingG5100, seeing heG846 givethG1325[G5723] to allG3956 lifeG2222, andG2532 breathG4157, andG2596 all thingsG3956;
[26]AndG5037 hath madeG4160[G5656] ofG1537 oneG1520 bloodG129 allG3956 nationsG1484 of menG444 for to dwellG2730[G5721] onG1909 allG3956 the faceG4383 of the earthG1093, and hath determinedG3724[G5660] the timesG2540 before appointedG4384[G5772], andG2532 the boundsG3734 of theirG846 habitationG2733;
[27]That they should seekG2212[G5721] the LordG2962, ifG1487 haplyG686 they might feelG5584[G5659] after himG846, andG2532 find himG2147[G5630], thoughG2544 he beG5225[G5723] notG3756 farG3112 fromG575 everyG1538 oneG1520 of usG2257:
[28]ForG1063 inG1722 himG846 we liveG2198[G5719], andG2532 moveG2795[G5743], andG2532 have our beingG2070[G5748]; asG5613 certainG5100 alsoG2532 of yourG5209 ownG2596 poetsG4163 have saidG2046[G5758], ForG1063 we areG2070[G5748] alsoG2532 hisG5120 offspringG1085.
[29]Forasmuch thenG3767 as we areG5225[G5723] the offspringG1085 of GodG2316, we oughtG3784[G5719] notG3756 to thinkG3543[G5721] that the GodheadG2304 isG1511[G5750] likeG3664 unto goldG5557, orG2228 silverG696, orG2228 stoneG3037, gravenG5480 by artG5078 andG2532 man'sG444 deviceG1761.
[30]AndG3303[G3767] the timesG5550 of this ignoranceG52 GodG2316 winked atG5237[G5660]; but nowG3569 commandethG3853[G5719] allG3956 menG444 every whereG3837 to repentG3340:[G5721]
[31]BecauseG1360 he hath appointedG2476[G5656] a dayG2250, inG1722 the whichG3739 he willG3195[G5719] judgeG2919[G5721] the worldG3625 inG1722 righteousnessG1343 byG1722 that manG435 whomG3739 he hath ordainedG3724[G5656]; whereof he hath givenG3930[G5631] assuranceG4102 unto allG3956 men, in that he hath raisedG450[G5660] himG846 fromG1537 the deadG3498.
[32]AndG1161 when they heardG191[G5660] of the resurrectionG386 of the deadG3498, someG3303 mockedG5512[G5707]: andG1161 others saidG2036[G5627], We will hearG191[G5695] theeG4675 againG3825 ofG4012 this matterG5127.
[33]SoG2532[G3779] PaulG3972 departedG1831[G5627] fromG1537 amongG3319 themG846.
[34]HowbeitG1161 certainG5100 menG435 claveG2853[G5685] unto himG846, and believedG4100[G5656]: amongG1722 the whichG3739[G2532] was DionysiusG1354 the AreopagiteG698, andG2532 a womanG1135 namedG3686 DamarisG1152, andG2532 othersG2087 withG4862 themG846.
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