Acts 17:19
So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
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- Acts 17:22 : 22 So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said,“Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.
- Mark 1:27 : 27 They were all amazed so that they asked each other,“What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
- John 13:34 : 34 “I give you a new commandment– to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
- Acts 17:20 : 20 For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”
- Matt 10:18 : 18 And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
- Acts 24:24 : 24 Paul Speaks Repeatedly to Felix Some days later, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 25:22 : 22 Agrippa said to Festus,“I would also like to hear the man myself.”“Tomorrow,” he replied,“you will hear him.”
- Acts 26:1 : 1 Paul Offers His Defense So Agrippa said to Paul,“You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul held out his hand and began his defense:
- 1 John 2:7-8 : 7 Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have already heard. 8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
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- Acts 17:15-184 verses88%
15Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.
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.
17So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.
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.)
- Acts 17:20-234 verses87%
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.
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22But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
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27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
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37For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
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15“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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13saying,“This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”
- Acts 23:18-192 verses72%
18So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said,“The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”
19The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?”
- Acts 21:28-292 verses71%
28shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”
29(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)
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12All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”
- Acts 24:20-212 verses71%
20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
21other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”
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35After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said,“Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?
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12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
- Acts 17:32-343 verses71%
32Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said,“We will hear you again about this.”
33So Paul left the Areopagus.
34But some people joined him and believed. Among them were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
- Acts 19:28-292 verses71%
28When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.
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22The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
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3explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying,“This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”
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20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
21and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
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37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commanding officer,“May I say something to you?” The officer replied,“Do you know Greek?
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8They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
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1Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
- Acts 19:32-332 verses70%
32So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.
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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.”
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8When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”
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17So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.
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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!”
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28Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
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19Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive.
20Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
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2angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
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13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.