Acts 17:22

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Paul stode on the myddes of the comon place, and sayde: Ye me of Athens, I se that in all thinges ye are to supersticious.

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  • Acts 25:19 : 19 But had certayne questions agaynst him of their awne supersticions, and of one Iesus deed, whom Paul affirmed to be alyue.
  • Jer 10:2-3 : 2 Thus saieth the LORDE: Ye shal not lerne after the maner of the Heithe, and ye shal not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen: for the Heithen are afrayed of soch: 3 Yee all the customes and lawes of the Getiles are nothinge, but vanite. They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man, and fashion it with the axe:
  • Jer 50:38 : 38 The swearde vpon their waters, so that they shalbe dried vp: For the londe worshippeth ymages, & delyteth in straunge wondrefull thinges.
  • Acts 17:16 : 16 But whyle Paul wayted for them at Athens, his sprete was moued in him, whan he sawe the cite geue so to the worshippinge of ymages.
  • Acts 19:35 : 35 Whan the towne clarke had stylled the people, he sayde: Ye men of Ephesus, what man is it which knoweth not, that the cite of ye Ephesias is a worshipper of the greate goddesse Diana, and of the heauenly ymage?

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  • Acts 17:23-24
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    87%

    23I haue gone thorow, & sene youre gods seruyce, and founde an altare, where vpo was wrytten: To the vnknowne God. Now shewe I vnto you ye same, whom ye worshippe ignorauntly.

    24God which made ye worlde, and all that therin is, for so moch as he is LORDE of heauen and earth, dwelleth not in temples made of handes,

  • Acts 17:15-21
    7 verses
    83%

    15They that conueyed Paul, brought him vnto Athens. And whan they had receaued a commaundement vnto Sylas and Timotheus, that they shulde come vnto him in all the haist, they wente their waye.

    16But whyle Paul wayted for them at Athens, his sprete was moued in him, whan he sawe the cite geue so to the worshippinge of ymages.

    17And he spake vnto the Iewes and deuoute personnes in the synagoge, & in ye market daylie vnto the that came to him.

    18But certayne Philosophers of ye Epicurees and Stoikes disputed with him. And some sayde: What will this babler saye? But some sayde: He semeth to be a tidinges brynger of new goddes (That was, because he had preached vnto the the Gospell of Iesus, & of the resurreccion.)

    19And they toke him, and broughte him before the councell house, and sayde: Maye we not knowe, what new doctryne this is that thou teachest?

    20For thou bryngest strauge tidinges to oure eares? We wolde knowe therfore, what this meaneth.

    21As for all they of Athens, and straungers & gestes, they gaue theselues to nothinge els, but either to tell, or to heare some newes.

  • Acts 14:11-16
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    74%

    11But whan the people sawe what Paul had done, they lifte vp their voyce, and sayde in ye speache of Lycaonia: The goddes are become like vnto men, and are come downe vnto vs.

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

    13But Iupiters prest which dwelt before their cite, broughte oxen and garlandes before the gate, and wolde haue done sacrifice with the people.

    14Whan ye Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that, they rent their clothes, and ranne in amonge the people, cryenge

    15and sayenge: Ye me, Why do ye this? We are mortall me also like vnto you, & preach vnto you ye Gospell, that ye shulde turne from these vayne thinges vnto ye lyuynge God, which made heaue and earth, and the see, and all that therin is,

    16which in tymes past suffred all ye Heythen to walke after their awne wayes.

  • Acts 19:25-29
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    72%

    25Them he gathered together, and the feloweworkme of the same occupacion, and sayde: Syrs, ye knowe that by this crafte we haue vauntage,

    26and ye se and heare, that not onely at Ephesus, but almost also thorow out all Asia, this Paul turneth awaye moch people with his persuadynge, and sayeth: They be not goddes that are made with hondes.

    27Howbeit it shal not onely brynge oure occupacion to this poynte to be set at naught, but also the temple of greate Diana shal from hence forth be despysed, and hir maiestye also shalbe destroyed, who neuertheles all Asia and the worlde worshippeth.

    28Whan they herde this, they were full of wrath, cried out, and sayde: Greate is Diana of the Ephesians.

    29And all ye cite was on a roore, and they russhed in with one assent in to the open place, and toke Gaius and Aristarchus of Macedonia, Pauls companyons.

  • Acts 19:34-37
    4 verses
    70%

    34But whan they knewe that he was a Iewe, there arose a shoute of all, and cried the space of two houres: Greate is Diana of the Ephesians.

    35Whan the towne clarke had stylled the people, he sayde: Ye men of Ephesus, what man is it which knoweth not, that the cite of ye Ephesias is a worshipper of the greate goddesse Diana, and of the heauenly ymage?

    36Seinge now that this can not be sayde agaynst, ye ought to be contente, and to do nothinge without aduysement.

    37Ye haue broughte hither these men, which are nether churchrobbers ner blasphemers off youre goddesse.

  • Acts 18:13
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    13and sayde: This felowe counceleth men to worshipe God cotrary to the lawe.

  • Acts 24:11
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    11because that thou mayest knowe, that there are yet no more but twolue dayes sence I came vp to Ierusalem for to worshippe,

  • Acts 14:18
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    18And whan they sayde this, they scarse refrayned the people, that they dyd not sacrifice vnto them.

  • Acts 17:27-30
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    69%

    27that they shulde seke the LORDE, yf they mighte fele and fynde him. And truly he is not farre from euery one of vs.

    28For in him we lyue, moue, and haue oure beynge, as certayne of youre awne Poetes also haue sayde: We are his generacion.

    29For as moch then as we are the generacion of God, we oughte not to thinke that the Godheade is like vnto golde or syluer, or ymagery worke of the crafte or ymaginacion of man.

    30And truly God hath ouersene the tyme of ignoraunce: But now he commaundeth all men euery where to repente,

  • Acts 28:22
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    22But we wyl heare of ye what thou thinkest: for we haue herde of this secte, that euery where it is spoken agaynst.

  • Acts 13:16
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    16Then stode Paul vp, and beckened with the hande (that they shulde holde their peace) and sayde:Ye men of Israel, and ye that feare God, herke to:

  • Acts 16:17
    68%

    17ye same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, and sayde: These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shewe vs ye waye of saluacion.

  • Gal 4:8
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    8Notwithstondinge whan ye knewe not God, ye dyd seruyce vnto them, which by nature are no Goddes.

  • Acts 17:33-34
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    67%

    33So Paul departed from amonge them.

    34Howbeit certayne men claue vnto him, and beleued: amonge whom was Dionisius, one of the councell: and a woman named Damaris, and other with them.

  • Acts 21:28-29
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    67%

    28and cryed: Ye men of Israel, helpe, this is the man, that teacheth all men euery where agaynst oure people, the lawe, and this place. He hath broughte Grekes also in to the temple, and hath defyled this holy place.

    29For they had sene Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the cite, him they thoughte yt Paul had broughte in to the temple.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19And whan he had saluted them, he tolde by order, what God had done amoge the Heythen by his mynistracion.

  • Acts 19:17
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    17This was knowne vnto all the Iewes and Grekes which dwelt at Ephesus, and there fell a feare vpon them all. And ye name of the LORDE Iesus was magnified.

  • Acts 18:4
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    4And he preached in the synagoge euery Sabbath daye, 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 entrynge in we had vnto you, and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages, for to serue the lyuynge and true God,

  • Acts 23:1
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    1Paul behelde the councell, and sayde: Ye men and brethren, I haue lyued with all good conscience before God vnto this daye:

  • Acts 22:1
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    1Ye men, brethren, and fathers, heare myne answere which I make vnto you.

  • Acts 26:24
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    24Whan he thus answered for himselfe, Festus sayde with a loude voyce: Paul, thou art besydes thy selfe, moch lernynge maketh ye madd.

  • Acts 24:14
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    14But this I confesse vnto the, that after this waye which they call heresye, so worshippe I the God of my fathers, that I beleue all that is wrytten in the lawe and in the prophetes,

  • Eph 4:17
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    17This I saye therfore, and testifye in the LORDE, that ye walke nomore as ye other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde,

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

  • Acts 17:12
    65%

    12Then beleued many of them, and worshipfull wemen off the Grekes, and men not a fewe.