Acts 17:22

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Paul then stood up in the middle of the Areopagus and said, 'Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

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  • Acts 25:19 : 19 Instead, they had some matters of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul claimed to be alive.
  • Jer 10:2-3 : 2 This is what the Lord says: Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the sky, even though the nations are terrified by them. 3 For the customs of the nations are worthless. They cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
  • Jer 50:38 : 38 A drought is upon her waters; they will dry up. For it is a land of idols, and they go mad over terrifying images.
  • Acts 17:16 : 16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply troubled as he observed the city full of idols.
  • Acts 19:35 : 35 When the city clerk had calmed the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell from heaven?

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  • Acts 17:23-24
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    87%

    23As I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So, you are worshiping in ignorance the very one I proclaim to you.

    24The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands.

  • Acts 17:15-21
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    15Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible, they departed.

    16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply troubled as he observed the city full of idols.

    17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout people, and every day in the marketplace with those who happened to be there.

    18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' Others remarked, 'He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,' because he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.

    19They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, 'May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

    20For you bring some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.

    21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)

  • Acts 14:11-16
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    11When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices in the Lycaonian language, saying, 'The gods have come down to us in human form!'

    12They called Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

    13The priest of Zeus, whose temple was outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates, intending to offer sacrifices with the crowds.

    14But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

    15They cried out, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We are also humans with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'

    16In past generations, he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.

  • Acts 19:25-29
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    72%

    25He gathered them together, along with others who worked in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that we gain a good income from this business.

    26You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods.

    27Not only is there a danger that our trade might fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis might be discredited, and her magnificence, whom all of Asia and the world worship, might be destroyed.

    28When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    29The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

  • Acts 19:34-37
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    34But when the crowd realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    35When the city clerk had calmed the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell from heaven?

    36Since these things are undeniable, you ought to remain calm and do nothing rash.

    37For you have brought these men here, who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess.

  • Acts 18:13
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    13They said, 'This man persuades people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law.'

  • Acts 24:11
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    11You can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

  • Acts 17:27-30
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    27He did this so that they would seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel their way toward him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.

    28For in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'

    29Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone—an image formed by human skill and imagination.

    30In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

  • Acts 28:22
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    22But we would like to hear from you what you think, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.

  • Acts 13:16
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    16Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, said, 'Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen!'

  • Acts 16:17
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    17She followed Paul and us, shouting, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!'

  • Gal 4:8
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    8But in the past, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods.

  • Acts 17:33-34
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    67%

    33At that, Paul left the assembly.

    34But some men joined him and believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

  • Acts 21:28-29
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    28Shouting, 'Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. And now he has even brought Greeks into the temple, defiling this holy place.'

    29They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

  • Acts 21:19
    67%

    19After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 19:17
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    17This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus. Fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

  • Acts 18:4
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    4Every Sabbath, he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

  • 1 Thess 1:9
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    9For they themselves tell about how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.

  • Acts 23:1
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    1Gazing intently at the council, Paul said, 'Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God up to this day.'

  • Acts 22:1
    66%

    1Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.

  • Acts 26:24
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    24While Paul was making his defense, Festus said loudly, 'You are out of your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane.'

  • Acts 24:14
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    14But I admit this to you: I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in the Law and written in the Prophets.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

  • Acts 17:1
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    1After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

  • Acts 17:12
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    12As a result, many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.