Acts 17:34

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But 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.

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  • Acts 17:19 : 19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
  • 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.
  • Rom 11:5-6 : 5 So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
  • Phil 4:22 : 22 All the saints greet you, especially those who belong to Caesar’s household.
  • Isa 55:10-11 : 10 The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat. 11 In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.”
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.”
  • John 7:48-52 : 48 None of the members of the ruling council or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? 49 But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!” 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said, 51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?” 52 They replied,“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”
  • John 19:38-42 : 38 Jesus’ Burial After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus(but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away. 39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. 40 Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs. 41 Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried. 42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.
  • Acts 13:48 : 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.
  • Acts 17:4 : 4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

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  • Acts 17:32-33
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    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.

  • Acts 17:4
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    4Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

  • Acts 17:12
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    12Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

  • Acts 17:17-19
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    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.)

    19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

  • Acts 16:16-17
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    16Paul and Silas Are Thrown Into Prison Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

    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.”

  • Acts 28:24
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    24Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

  • Acts 18:7-8
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    7Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

    8Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

  • Acts 17:21-22
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    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.

  • Acts 19:28-29
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    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.

  • Acts 16:13-14
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    13On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

    14A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

  • Acts 19:9
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    9But when some were stubborn and refused to believe, reviling the Way before the congregation, he left them and took the disciples with him, addressing them every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

  • Acts 11:21
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    21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 14:20
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    20But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

  • Acts 13:12
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    12Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord.

  • Acts 9:42
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  • Acts 4:4
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  • Acts 11:23-24
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    23When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

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  • Acts 19:7
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    7(Now there were about twelve men in all.)

  • Acts 13:7
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    7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

  • Acts 19:23
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    23At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.

  • Acts 20:4
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    34But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.

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  • Acts 13:43-44
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    43When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

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  • Acts 1:21
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  • Acts 5:14
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    14More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

  • Acts 18:27
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    27When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he assisted greatly those who had believed by grace,

  • Acts 21:19
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    19When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 14:28
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  • Acts 14:4
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  • Acts 19:37
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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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  • Acts 19:1
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  • Acts 16:30
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    30Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

  • Acts 14:11
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  • Acts 18:1
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    1Paul at Corinth After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.

  • Acts 14:15
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  • Acts 17:1
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  • Acts 15:11
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  • Acts 21:4
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