Acts 17:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Acts 25:19 : 19 But had certayne questions agaynst hym of their owne superstition, and of one Iesus which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alyue.
  • Jer 10:2-3 : 2 Thus saith the Lord: ye shal not learne after the maner of the heathen, and ye shall not be afraide for the tokens of heauen: for the heathen are afraide of suche. 3 Yea all the customes and lawes of the gentiles are nothing but vanitie: They hewe downe a tree in the wood with the handes of the workeman, and fashion it with the axe.
  • Jer 50:38 : 38 A drought vpon their waters, so that they shalbe dryed vp: for the lande worshippeth images, and delighteth wonderfully in idols.
  • Acts 17:16 : 16 Whyle Paul wayted for them at Athens, his spirite was moued in hym, when he sawe the citie geue to worshippyng of idoles.
  • Acts 19:35 : 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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  • Acts 17:23-24
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    23For 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.

    24God that made the worlde, & all that are in it, seing that he is Lorde of heaue and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with handes:

  • Acts 17:15-21
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    15And 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.

    16Whyle Paul wayted for them at Athens, his spirite was moued in hym, when he sawe the citie geue to worshippyng of idoles.

    17Therfore 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.

    18Then 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.

    19And they toke hym, and brought him into Marce streate, saying: Maye we not knowe what this newe doctrine wherof thou speakest is?

    20For thou bryngest certaine straunge thinges to our eares: We would knowe therfore what these thynges meane.

    21For all the Athenians and straungers which were there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell or to heare some newe thyng.

  • Acts 14:11-16
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    11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lyft vp their voyces, saying in the speache of Lycaonia: Gods are come downe to vs in the lykenesse of men.

    12And they called Barnabas Iupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because he was the chiefe speaker.

    13Then Iupiters priest, which was before their citie, brought oxen and garlandes vnto the doore, and woulde haue done sacrifice with the people.

    14Which when the Apostles, Barnabas & Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying,

    15And 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.

    16The which in tymes past suffred all nations to walke in their owne wayes.

  • Acts 19:25-29
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    25Whom he called together, with the workemen of like occupation, and sayde: Sirs, ye knowe that by this craft we haue aduauntage.

    26Moreouer, 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.

    27So that not only this our craft commeth into peryll to be set at naught, but also that the temple of ye great goddesse Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the worlde worshippeth.

    28And when they hearde these sayinges, they were full of wrath, and cryed out, saying: great is Diana of ye Ephesians.

    29And 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.

  • Acts 19:34-37
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    70%

    34But 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.

    35And 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?

    36Seing then that these thinges can not be spoken against, ye ought to be contet, and to do nothyng rasshely.

    37For ye haue brought hyther these men, which are neither robbers of Churches nor yet despisers of your goddesse.

  • Acts 18:13
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    13Saying: This felow counselleth men to worship God contrary to the lawe.

  • Acts 24:11
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    11Because that thou mayest knowe, that there are yet but twelue dayes, sence I went vp to Hierusalem for to worshyp.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18And with these sayinges, scarce refrayned they the people, that they had not done sacrifice vnto them.

  • Acts 17:27-30
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    27That they shoulde seke the Lorde, yf perhappes they myght haue felt and founde hym, though he be not farre fro euery one of vs.

    28For in hym we liue, and moue, & haue our beyng, as certaine of your owne poetes sayde: for we are also his offpryng.

    29Forasmuch then as we are the offpring of God, we ought not to thynke that the Godhead is lyke vnto golde, siluer, or stone, grauen by art, and mans deuice.

    30And the tyme of this ignoraunce God wyncked at: but nowe byddeth all men euery where to repent:

  • Acts 28:22
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    22But we wyll heare of thee, what thou thynkest: For as concernyng this sect, we knowe that euery where it is spoke agaynst.

  • Acts 13:16
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    16Then Paul stoode vp, and beckened with the hande, and sayde: Men of Israel, & ye that feare God, geue audience.

  • Acts 16:17
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    17The same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying: These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shewe vnto vs the way of saluation.

  • Gal 4:8
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    8Notwithstandyng, when ye knewe not God, ye dyd seruice vnto the which by nature are no Gods.

  • Acts 17:33-34
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    33So Paul departed from among them.

    34Howe be it, certaine men claue vnto hym, and beleued: among the whiche was Denys Areopagita, and a woman named Damaris, & other with them.

  • Acts 21:28-29
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    28Crying: 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.

    29For they had seene before with hym in the citie Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19And when he had saluted them, he tolde by order all thinges that God had wrought among the gentiles by his ministerie.

  • Acts 19:17
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    17And this was knowen to all ye Iewes & Grekes also which dwelt at Ephesus, and feare came on them all, & the name of the Lorde Iesus was magnified.

  • Acts 18:4
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    4And he disputed in the synagogue euery Sabboth, and exhorted the Iewes and the Grekes.

  • 1 Thess 1:9
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    9For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entryng in we had vnto you, and howe ye turned to God from images, to serue the lyuyng and true God.

  • Acts 23:1
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    1And Paul earnestlie beholdyng the counsell, saide: Men & brethren, I haue lyued in al good conscience before God vntyll this day.

  • Acts 22:1
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    1Men, brethren, & fathers, heare ye mine aunswer whiche I make vnto you.

  • Acts 26:24
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    24And as he thus spake for hym selfe, Festus sayde with a loude voyce: Paul, thou art besyde thy selfe, much learnyng doth make thee mad.

  • Acts 24:14
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    14But this I confesse vnto thee, that after the way which they call heresie, so worship I the God of my fathers, beleuyng all thynges which are written in the lawe and the prophetes,

  • Eph 4:17
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    17This I say therfore, and testifie in the Lorde, that ye hencefoorth walke not as other gentiles walke, in vanitie of their mynde:

  • Acts 17:1
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    1As they made their iourney thorowe Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Iewes.

  • Acts 17:12
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    12Therfore many of them beleued. Also of honest women which were Grekes, and of men not a fewe.