3 17:14Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there. 17:15And those conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
4 17:16And while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was moved within him as he saw the city wholly devoted to idolatry. 17:17Then he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and those that were pious, and in the market every day with those he met. 17:18And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him, and some said, What does this trifler mean to say? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange demons; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. 17:19And laying hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is which is taught by you? 17:20for you bring certain strange things to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean. 17:21And all the Athenians and the strangers living there spend their leisure in nothing else but telling or hearing something new.
5 17:22And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are extremely devoted to the worship of demons. 17:23For as I passed through, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship as unknown, this I declare to you. 17:24The God who made the world and all things in it, this [God] being Lord of heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands, 17:25neither is he served by the hands of men as needing any thing, since he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; 17:26and he made of one blood every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, determining their appointed times and the bounds of their habitation, 17:27that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after and find him, and indeed he is not far from every one of us. 17:28For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets have said, For we are his offspring. 17:29Being therefore an offspring of God, we ought not to think the Deity to be like gold or silver or stone, a work of art and human device.
6 17:30Overlooking therefore the times of ignorance, God now commands all men everywhere to change their minds, 17:31because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead. 17:32But when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again of this. 17:33So Paul went out from the midst of them; 17:34but certain men adhering to him believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
CHAPTER XVI.
PAUL AND HIS COMPANY AT CORINTH, HIS VISIT TO SYRIA AND ASIA MINOR.—A.D. 53-55.
1 18:1AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. 18:2And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them, 18:3and because he was of the same trade continued and labored with them; for they were tent makers. 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
2 18:5And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul gave himself wholly to preaching the word, testifying to the Jews Christ Jesus. 18:6But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles.
3 18:7And departing thence he came into the house of a man called Justus, who worshipped God, and whose house adjoined the synagogue. 18:8And Crispus the synagogue ruler believed in the Lord, with all his house; and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized. 18:9And the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, Fear not, but speak and be not silent, 18:10for I am with you; and no one shall attack you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city. 18:11And he remained there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.
4 18:12And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose with one consent against Paul and brought him to the tribunal, 18:13saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. 18:14And when Paul was about to open his mouth Gallio said to the Jews, If there was any injustice or evil imposition, O Jews, I would bear with you in a reasonable manner; 18:15but if it is a question of doctrine, and of names, and of your law, look to it yourselves; for I will not be a judge of these things. 18:16And he drove them from the tribunal. 18:17And they all took Sosthenes the synagogue-ruler and beat him before the tribunal; and Gallio cared for none of these things.