Acts 17:21
For all the Athenians and straungers which were there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell or to heare some newe thyng.
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- 2 Tim 2:16-17 : 16 But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse. 17 And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus,
- Eph 5:16 : 16 Redeemyng the time, because ye dayes are euyll.
- Col 4:5 : 5 Walke in wisdome towarde the that are without, redeemyng the tyme.
- 2 Thess 3:11-12 : 11 For we haue heard that there are some which walke among you inordinately, workyng not at all, but be busy bodies. 12 Them that are such, we commaunde and exhort by our Lorde Iesus Christ, that they workyng in quietnesse, eate their owne breade.
- 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle: yea not idle only, but also tatlers and busybodies, speakyng thynges which are not comely.
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- Acts 17:15-206 verses85%
15 And they that guyded Paul, brought hym vnto Athens, and receaued a commaundement vnto Silas & Timotheus for to come to hym with speede, & went their way.
16 Whyle Paul wayted for them at Athens, his spirite was moued in hym, when he sawe the citie geue to worshippyng of idoles.
17 Therfore disputed he in the synagogue with the Iewes, and with the deuout persons, and in the market dayly with them that came vnto hym by chaunce.
18 Then certaine philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes disputed with hym. And some saide: What wyll this babler say? Other some, he seemeth to be a setter foorth of newe gods: because he preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.
19 And they toke hym, and brought him into Marce streate, saying: Maye we not knowe what this newe doctrine wherof thou speakest is?
20 For thou bryngest certaine straunge thinges to our eares: We would knowe therfore what these thynges meane.
- Acts 17:22-232 verses83%
22 Then Paul stoode in the myddes of Marce streate, and sayde: ye men of Athens, I perceaue that in all thynges ye are to superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and behelde the maner howe ye worship your gods, I founde an aulter, wherin was written, vnto the vnknowe god. Whom ye then ignorauntly worship, him shewe I vnto you.
- Acts 28:21-222 verses73%
21 And they said vnto him: We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee, neither any of the brethren that came, shewed or spake any harme of thee.
22 But we wyll heare of thee, what thou thynkest: For as concernyng this sect, we knowe that euery where it is spoke agaynst.
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15 And saying: Sirs, why do ye these thynges? We are mortall men lyke vnto you, and preach vnto you, that ye shoulde turne from these vanities, vnto the lyuyng God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all thynges that are therin.
- Acts 2:11-122 verses70%
11 Cretes and Arabians: we haue hearde them speake in our tongues, the wonderfull workes of God.
12 They were all amased, and wondred, saying one to another: What meaneth this?
- Acts 19:25-262 verses70%
25 Whom he called together, with the workemen of like occupation, and sayde: Sirs, ye knowe that by this craft we haue aduauntage.
26 Moreouer, ye see and heare, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath perswaded and turned away much people, saying that they be not gods which are made with handes.
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37 For ye haue brought hyther these men, which are neither robbers of Churches nor yet despisers of your goddesse.
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32 Some therfore cryed one thyng, and some another, and the assemblie was all out of quiet, and the more part knew not wherfore they were come together.
- Acts 17:11-133 verses69%
11 These were the noblest of birth among them of Thessalonica, which receaued the worde with all redynesse of mynde, and searched the scriptures dayly, whether those thynges were so.
12 Therfore many of them beleued. Also of honest women which were Grekes, and of men not a fewe.
13 But when the Iewes of Thessalonica had knowledge that ye worde of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thyther and moued the people.
- Acts 19:28-292 verses69%
28 And when they hearde these sayinges, they were full of wrath, and cryed out, saying: great is Diana of ye Ephesians.
29 And all the citie was on a rore, & they russhed into the common hall with one assent, and caught Gaius & Aristarcus, men of Macedonia, Paules companions.
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10 And this continued by the space of two yeres, so that all they whiche dwelt in Asia, hearde the worde of the Lord Iesu, both Iewes and Grekes.
- Acts 21:28-292 verses69%
28 Crying: Men of Israel helpe. This is the man that teacheth all men euery where against the people, and the lawe, and this place: He hath also brought Grekes into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
29 For they had seene before with hym in the citie Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
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40 For we are in ieopardie to be accused of this dayes vprore, forasmuch as there is no cause, wherby we may geue a reckenyng of this concourse of people.
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11 Because that thou mayest knowe, that there are yet but twelue dayes, sence I went vp to Hierusalem for to worshyp.
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22 What is it therefore? The multitude must needes come together: For they shall heare that thou art come.
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19 And when he had saluted them, he tolde by order all thinges that God had wrought among the gentiles by his ministerie.
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44 And the next Sabboth day came almost the whole citie together, to heare the worde of God.
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8 And they troubled the people, and the officers of the citie, when they hearde these thynges.
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18 And with these sayinges, scarce refrayned they the people, that they had not done sacrifice vnto them.
- Acts 17:32-343 verses68%
32 And when they hearde of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked, and other sayde, we wyll heare thee agayne of this matter.
33 So Paul departed from among them.
34 Howe be it, certaine men claue vnto hym, and beleued: among the whiche was Denys Areopagita, and a woman named Damaris, & other with them.
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4 And he disputed in the synagogue euery Sabboth, and exhorted the Iewes and the Grekes.
- Acts 17:1-22 verses68%
1 As they made their iourney thorowe Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Iewes.
2 And Paul, as his maner was, went in vnto them, and three Sabboth dayes disputed with the out of the scriptures,
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27 That they shoulde seke the Lorde, yf perhappes they myght haue felt and founde hym, though he be not farre fro euery one of vs.
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23 And the same time there arose no litle a do about that way.
- Acts 19:34-352 verses68%
34 But when they knewe that he was a Iewe, there arose a shoute almost for the space of two houres, of all men, crying: great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35 And when the towne clarke had pacified the people, he sayde: Ye men of Ephesus, what man is it that knoweth not how that the citie of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddesse Diana, and of the image whiche came downe from Iupiter?
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12 Then all the multitude was scilent, and gaue audience to Barnabas and Paul, which tolde what signes and wonders, God had shewed among the gentiles by them.
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7 They wondred all, and marueyled, saying among themselues: Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galilee?
8 And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue, wherin we were borne?
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13 Saying: This felow counselleth men to worship God contrary to the lawe.
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1 Men, brethren, & fathers, heare ye mine aunswer whiche I make vnto you.
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22 For the Iewes require a signe, & the Grekes seke after wisedome:
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15 And after the lecture of the lawe and the prophetes, the rulers of the synagogue sent vnto them, saying: Ye men and brethren, yf ye haue any worde to exhort the people, say on.
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1 Wherfore, sence we coulde no longer forbeare, we thought it good to remaine at Athens alone.