“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
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10he said with a loud voice,“Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.
11So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language,“The gods have come down to us in human form!”
12They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
13The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
17She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
9For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
18Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
20For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”
21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)
22So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said,“Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.
23For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.
24The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,
24When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said,“Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,
25He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said,“Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.
26And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
16In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,
15After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying,“Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it.”
16So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said,“Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:
46Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.
18Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
11Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”
14Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.
27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.”
12The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
27so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
28For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said,‘For we too are his offspring.’
29So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.
30Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
11The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.
12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people,“Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?
7There they continued to proclaim the good news.
20but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
37The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”
10After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.
16Paul at Athens While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.
7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
20for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
1Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
7He declared in a loud voice:“Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”
30Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
6When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
19When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
37For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
36Paul and Barnabas Part Company After some days Paul said to Barnabas,“Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”
6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,
16saying,“What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.