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Paul at Thessalonica1 Now° when they had traveled° through° Amphipolis° and Apollonia°, they came° to aThessalonica°, where° there was a synagogue° of the Jews°. 2 And aaccording° to Paul’s° custom°, he went° to them, and for three° bSabbaths° reasoned° with them from cthe Scriptures°, 3 Iexplaining° and IIgiving° evidence° that the IIIChrist° ahad° to suffer° and brise° again° from the dead°, and [saying], “cThis° Jesus° whom° I am proclaiming° to you is the IIIChrist°.” 4 aAnd some° of them were persuaded° and joined° bPaul° and Silas°, Ialong° with a large° number° of the cGod-fearing° dGreeks° and IIa number°° of the eleading° women°. 5 But athe Jews°, becoming° jealous° and taking° along° some° wicked° men° from the market° place°, formed° a mob° and set° the city° in an uproar°; and attacking° the house° of bJason°, they were seeking° to bring° them out to the people°. 6 When they did not find° them, they [began] adragging° Jason° and some° brethren° before° the city° authorities°, shouting°, “These° men° who have upset° Ibthe world° have come° here° also°; 7 Iand Jason° ahas welcomed° them, and they all° act° bcontrary° to the decrees° of Caesar°, saying° that there is another° king°, Jesus°.” 8 They stirred° up the crowd° and the city° authorities° who heard° these° things°. 9 And when they had received° a Ipledge° from aJason° and the others°, they released° them. [1] aAc 17:11, 13; 20:4; 27:2; Php 4:16; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:1; 2Ti 4:10
[2] aAc 9:20; 17:10, 17 bAc 13:14 cAc 8:35 [3] ILit opening IILit placing before IIII.e. Messiah aAc 3:18 bJn 20:9 cAc 9:22; 18:5, 28 [4] ILit and a large IILit not a few aAc 14:4 bAc 15:22, 40; 17:10, 14f cAc 13:43; 17:17 dJn 7:35 eAc 13:50 [5] aAc 17:13; 1Th 2:14ff bAc 17:6, 7, 9; Ro 16:21 [6] ILit the inhabited earth aAc 16:19f bMt 24:14; Ac 17:31 [7] ILit whom Jason has welcomed aLk 10:38; Jm 2:25 bLk 23:2 [9] IOr bond aAc 17:5 Paul at Berea10 ¶ aThe brethren° immediately° sent° bPaul° and Silas° away° by night° to cBerea°, Iand when they arrived°, they went° into dthe synagogue° of the Jews°. 11 Now° these° were more° noble-minded° than those° in aThessalonica°, Ifor they received° the word° with IIgreat° eagerness°, examining° the Scriptures° daily°° [to see] whether° these° things° were so°. 12 Therefore° amany° of them believed°, Ialong° with a number°° of bprominent° Greek° cwomen° and men°. 13 But when° the Jews° of aThessalonica° found° out that the word° of God° had been proclaimed° by Paul° in bBerea° also°, they came° there° as well°, agitating° and stirring° up the crowds°. 14 Then° immediately° athe brethren° sent° Paul° out to go° as far° as the sea°; and bSilas° and cTimothy° remained° there°. 15 Now° athose° who escorted° Paul° brought° him as far° as bAthens°; and receiving° a command° for cSilas° and Timothy° to dcome° to him as soon° as possible°, they left°. [10] ILit who when...arrived went aAc 1:15; 17:6, 14f bAc 17:4 cAc 17:13; 20:4 dAc 17:1f
[11] ILit who received IILit all aAc 17:1 [12] ILit and not a few aAc 2:47 bMk 15:43 cAc 13:50 [13] aAc 17:1 bAc 17:10; 20:4 [14] aAc 1:15; 17:6, 10 bAc 15:22; 17:4, 10 cAc 16:1 [15] aAc 15:3 bAc 17:16, 21f; 18:1; 1Th 3:1 cAc 17:14 dAc 18:5 Paul at Athens16 ¶ Now° while Paul° was waiting° for them at aAthens°, his spirit° was being provoked° within° him as he was observing° the city° full° of idols°. 17 So° he was reasoning° ain the synagogue° with the Jews° and bthe God-fearing° [Gentiles], and in the market° place° every° day° with those° who happened° to be present°. 18 And also° some° of the Epicurean° and Stoic° philosophers° were Iconversing° with him. Some° were saying°, “What° would athis° IIidle° babbler° wish° to say°?” Others°°, “He seems° to be a proclaimer° of strange° deities°,”—because° he was preaching° bJesus° and the resurrection°. 19 And they atook° him and brought° him Ito the IIbAreopagus°, saying°, “May° we know° what° cthis° new° teaching° is IIIwhich you are proclaiming°? 20 For you are bringing° some° strange° things° to our ears°; so° we want° to know° what° these° things° mean°°.” 21 (Now° all° the Athenians° and the strangers° avisiting° there used to spend° their time° in nothing° other° than° telling° or° hearing° something° new°.) [16] aAc 17:15, 21f; 18:1; 1Th 3:1
[17] aAc 9:20; 17:2 bAc 17:4 [18] IOr disputing III.e. one who makes his living by picking up scraps a1Co 1:20; 4:10 bAc 4:2; 17:31f [19] IOr before IIOr Hill of Ares, god of war IIILit which is being spoken by you aAc 23:19 bAc 17:22 cMk 1:27 [21] aAc 2:10 Sermon on Mars Hill22 ¶ So° Paul° stood° in the midst° of the IAreopagus° and said°, “Men° of aAthens°, I observe° that you are very° breligious° in all° respects°. 23 For while I was passing° through° and examining° the aobjects° of your worship°, I also° found° an altar° with this° inscription°, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN° GOD°.’ Therefore° what° byou worship° in ignorance°, this° I proclaim° to you. 24 aThe God° who made° the world° and all° things° in it, since He is bLord° of heaven° and earth°, does not cdwell° in temples° made° with hands°; 25 nor° is He served° by human° hands°, aas though He needed° anything°, since He Himself° gives° to all° [people] life° and breath° and all° things°; 26 and aHe made° from one° [man] every° nation° of mankind° to live° on all° the face° of the earth°, having bdetermined° [their] appointed° times° and the boundaries° of their habitation°, 27 that they would seek° God°, if° perhaps° they might grope° for Him and find° Him, athough°° He is not far° from each° one° of us; 28 for ain Him we live° and move° and Iexist°, as even° some° of your own poets° have said°, ‘For we also° are His children°.’ 29 Being° then° the children° of God°, we aought° not to think° that the Divine° Nature° is like° gold° or° silver° or° stone°, an image° formed° by the art° and thought° of man°. 30 Therefore° having aoverlooked° bthe times° of ignorance°, God° is cnow° declaring° to men° that all° [people] everywhere° should repent°, 31 because° He has fixed° aa day° in which° bHe will° judge° Icthe world° in righteousness° IIthrough° a Man° whom° He has dappointed°, having furnished° proof° to all° men° IIIby eraising° Him from the dead°.” [22] IOr the Council of the Areopagus aAc 17:15 bAc 25:19
[23] a2Th 2:4 bJn 4:22 [24] aIs 42:5; Ac 14:15 bDt 10:14; Ps 115:16; Mt 11:25 c1K 8:27; Ac 7:48 [25] aJb 22:2; Ps 50:10-12 [26] aMal 2:10 bDt 32:8; Jb 12:23 [27] aDt 4:7; Jr 23:23f; Ac 14:17 [28] ILit are aJb 12:10; Dn 5:23 [29] aIs 40:18ff; Ro 1:23 [30] aAc 14:16; Ro 3:25 bAc 17:23 cLk 24:47; Ac 26:20; Tit 2:11f [31] ILit the inhabited earth IILit by or in IIIOr when He raised aMt 10:15 bPs 9:8; 96:13; 98:9; Jn 5:22, 27; Ac 10:42 cMt 24:14; Ac 17:6 dLk 22:22 eAc 2:24 32 ¶ Now° when they heard° of athe resurrection° of the dead°, some°° [began] to sneer°, but others° said°, “We shall hear° you Iagain°° concerning° this°.” 33 So° Paul° went° out of their midst°. 34 But some° men° joined° him and believed°, among° whom° also° were Dionysius° the aAreopagite° and a woman° named° Damaris° and others° with them. Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. |
Paul preacheth at Thessalonica,1 ¶ Nowº when they had passed throughºª Amphipolisº andº Apollonia,º they cameºª toº Thessalonica,º whereº wasºª a synagogueº of the² Jews:º 2 Andº Paul,º as¹ his manner was,ºª² went inºª untoº them,º andº¹ threeº sabbath¹ days² reasonedºª with themº out ofº the² scriptures,º 3 Openingºª andº alleging,ºª thatº Christº must needsºª have suffered,ºª andº risen againºª fromº the dead;º andº thatº thisº Jesus,º whomº Iº preachºª unto you,º isºª Christ.º [1] Ac 14:1; 15:21; 16:13; 20:4; 27:2; Php 4:16; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:1; 2Ti 4:10.
[2] 1S 12:7; Is 1:18; Lk 4:16; Jn 18:20; Ac 9:20; 13:5; 14:1; 17:10, 17; 18:4; 19:8; 24:25; 28:23; He 7:1. [3] Lk 24:26, 32, 44, 46; Ac 1:4; 2:16, 36; 3:22; 9:22; 13:26; 18:28; 1Co 15:3; Ga 3:1; 1Th 1:5. where some believe, and others persecute him.4 Andº someº ofº themº believed,ºª andº consorted¹ª with² Paulº andº Silas;º andº of the² devoutºª Greeksº a greatº multitude,º andº of the² chiefº womenº notº a few.º [4] Pv 9:6; 13:20; So 1:7; 6:1; Zc 2:11; 8:20; Ac 2:41, 44; 4:23; 5:12; 13:43, 50; 14:1, 4; 15:22, 27, 32, 40; 16:3; 17:12, 17, 34; 18:4; 19:10; 21:28; 28:24; 2Co 6:17; 8:5.
5 ¶ Butº the² Jewsº which believed not,ºª moved with envy,ººª took unto² them¹ª certainº lewdº fellowsº of the² baser sort,º andº gathered a company,ºª and set all¹ª the city¹ on an uproar,¹ª²²² andº assaultedºª the² houseº of Jason,º and soughtºª to² bring¹ª them¹ out¹² to² the² people.º 6 Andº when they foundºª themº not,º they drewºª Jasonº andº certainº brethrenº untoº the² rulers of the city,º crying,ºª¹ Theseº that have turned¹ª the world¹ upside downºª²² are comeºª hitherº also;º 7 Whomº Jasonº hath received:ºª andº theseº allº doºª contraryº to the² decreesº of Caesar,º sayingºª that there isºª anotherº king,º [one] Jesus.º 8 Andº they troubledºª the² peopleº andº the² rulers of the city,º when they heardºª these things.º 9 Andº when they had takenºª securityº ofº Jason,º andº of the² other,º they let¹ª them¹ go.ºª² [5] Jg 9:4; Jb 30:1; Ps 35:15; 69:12; Pv 14:30; Is 26:11; Mt 27:18; Ac 7:9; 13:45; 14:2, 19; 17:7, 13; 18:12; 19:24, 40; Ro 16:21; 1Co 3:3; Ga 5:21, 26; Jm 4:5.
[6] Ex 3:8; 1K 18:17; Jr 38:2; Am 7:10; Lk 23:5; Ac 6:12; 16:19; 18:12; 21:28; 22:22; 24:5; 28:22. [7] Ezr 4:12; Dn 3:12; 6:13; Lk 23:2; Jn 19:12; Ac 16:21; 25:8; 1P 2:15. [8] Mt 2:3; Jn 11:48. He is sent to Berea, and preacheth there.10 ¶ Andº the² brethrenº immediatelyº sent awayººª Paulº andº Silasº byº nightº untoº Berea:º whoº comingºª [thither] wentºª intoº the² synagogueº of the² Jews.º 11 ¹ Theseº wereºª more nobleº than those² inº Thessalonica,º in that theyº receivedºª the² wordº withº allº readiness of mind,º and searchedºª the² scripturesº daily,ºº whetherº those thingsº wereºª so.º 12 Thereforeº¹ manyº² ofº themº believed;ºª alsoº of honourableº womenº which¹ were Greeks,º andº of men,º notº a few.º [10] Jsh 2:15; 1S 19:12; 20:42; Ac 9:25; 14:6; 17:2, 13, 14; 20:4; 23:23; 1Th 2:2.
[11] Jb 23:12; Ps 1:2; 119:97, 100, 148; Pv 1:5; 2:1; 8:10; 9:9; Is 8:20; 34:16; Jr 2:21; Mt 13:23; Lk 16:29; 24:44; Jn 1:45; 3:21; 5:39; Ac 2:41; 10:33; 11:1; 1Th 1:6; 2:13; 2Th 2:10; 2Ti 3:15; Jm 1:21; 1P 1:10; 2:2; 2P 1:19; 1Jn 4:5. [12] Ps 25:8; Jn 1:45; 7:17; Ac 13:46, 50; 14:1; 17:2; 1Co 1:26; Ep 5:14; Jm 1:10, 21. Being persecuted at Thessalonica,13 Butº whenº the² Jewsº ofº Thessalonicaº had knowledgeºª thatº¹ the² wordº of Godº was preachedºª ofº Paulº atº Berea,º they cameºª thither also,º and stirred upºª the² people.º 14 Andº thenº immediatelyº the² brethrenº sent awayºª Paulº to goºª as it wereº toº the² sea:º butºº Silasº andº Timotheusº abodeºª thereº still.¹ª [13] 1K 21:25; Pv 15:18; 28:25; Mt 23:13; Lk 12:51; Ac 6:12; 14:2; 17:5; 21:27; 1Th 2:14.
[14] Jsh 2:16; Mt 10:23; Ac 9:25, 30; 17:10; 19:22; 20:3; 1Ti 1:3; Tit 1:5. he cometh to Athens, and disputeth, and preacheth the living God to them unknown,15 Andº they that conductedºª Paulº broughtºª himº untoº Athens:º andº receivingºª a commandmentº untoº Silasº andº Timotheusº for to¹ comeºª toº himº with all speed,ºº they departed.ºª 16 ¶ Nowº while Paulº waited forºª themº atº Athens,º his¹² spiritº was stirredºª inº him,º when he sawºª the² cityº wholly given¹ª to idolatry.º 17 Thereforeº¹ disputed² he¹ª² inº the² synagogueº with the² Jews,º andº with the² devout persons,ºª andº inº the² marketº dailyººº with¹² them that met with² him.¹ª 18 Thenº certainº philosophersº of the² Epicureans,º andº of the² Stoicks,¹² encounteredºª him.º Andº someº said,ºª Whatº willººª thisº babblerº say?ººª other² some, He seemethºª to beºª a setter forthº of strangeº gods:º becauseº he preachedºª unto themº Jesus,º andº the² resurrection.º 19 Andº they tookºª him,º and brought² him¹ª untoº Areopagus,º saying,ºª Mayºª we knowºª whatº thisº newº doctrine,º whereof¹² thouº speakest,ºª [is]? 20 Forº thou bringestºª certainº strange thingsºª toº ourº ears:º we wouldºª knowºª thereforeº whatº these thingsº mean.ºººªª 21 (Forº allº the Atheniansº andº strangersº which¹ were thereºª spent their timeºª inº nothingº else,º but² either¹ to tell,ºª orº to hearºª someº new thing.)º [16] Ex 32:19; Nu 25:6; 1K 19:10, 14; Jb 32:2, 18; Ps 69:9; 119:136, 158; Jr 20:9; Mi 3:8; Mk 3:5; Jn 2:13; Ac 17:23; 2P 2:7.
[17] Pv 1:20; 8:1, 34; Jr 6:11; Mt 5:1; Mk 16:15; Lk 12:3; Ac 8:2; 10:2; 13:16; 14:1; 17:2; 2Ti 3:2, 5. [18] Pv 23:9; 26:12; Mk 9:14; Lk 11:53; Ac 6:9; 17:31; 26:23; Ro 1:22; 14:9; 1Co 1:20; 3:18; 15:3; Col 2:8. [19] Mt 10:18; Mk 1:27; Jn 13:34; Ac 17:20, 22; 24:24; 25:22; 26:1; 1Jn 2:7. [20] Ho 8:12; Mt 19:23; Mk 9:10; 10:24; Jn 6:60; 7:35; Ac 2:12; 10:17; 1Co 1:18, 23; 2:14; He 5:11; 1P 4:4. [21] Ep 5:16; Col 4:5; 2Th 3:11; 1Ti 5:13; 2Ti 2:16. 22 ¶ Thenº Paulº stoodºª inº the midstº of Mars' hill,º and said,ºª [Ye] menº of Athens,º I perceiveºª that¹ inº all thingsº yeº are² too superstitious.º 23 Forº as I passed by,ºª andº beheldºª yourº devotions,º¹ I foundºª an² altarº with this¹¹ inscription,ºª²² TO THE UNKNOWNº GOD.º Whomº thereforeº ye ignorantlyºª worship,ºª himº declare¹ª² Iº unto you.º 24 Godº that madeºª the² worldº andº all thingsº therein,ºº seeing that heº isºª Lordº of heavenº andº earth,º dwellethºª notº inº templesº made with hands;º 25 Neitherº is worshippedºª withº men'sº hands,º as though he neededºª any thing,º seeing heº givethºª to allº life,º andº breath,º and¹ all things;º² 26 Andº hath madeºª ofº oneº bloodº allº nationsº of menº for to dwellºª onº allº the² faceº of the² earth,º and hath determinedºª the timesº before appointed,ºª andº the² boundsº of their¹² habitation;º 27 That they should seekºª the² Lord,º ifº haplyº² they might feel¹ª after² him,º andº find² him,¹ª thoughº he beºª notº farº fromº everyº oneº of us:º 28 Forº inº himº we live,ºª andº move,ºª andº have our being;ºª asº certainº alsoº of your¹ ownº² poetsº have said,ºª Forº we areºª alsoº hisº offspring.º 29 Forasmuch thenº as we areºª the offspringº of God,º we oughtºª notº to thinkºª that the² Godheadº isºª like¹ unto² gold,º orº silver,º orº stone,º gravenº by artº andº man'sº device.º 30 Andºº the² timesº of this ignoranceº Godº winked² at;¹ª but nowº commandethºª allº menº every whereº to repent:ºª 31 Becauseº he hath appointedºª a day,º inº the whichº he willºª judgeºª the² worldº inº righteousnessº byº [that] manº whomº he hath ordained;ºª [whereof] he hath givenºª assuranceº unto allº [men], in that he hath raisedºª himº fromº the dead.º [22] Jr 10:2; 50:38; Ac 17:16, 19; 19:35; 25:19.
[23] Ps 50:21; 147:20; Mt 15:9; Jn 4:22; 8:54; 17:3, 25; Ac 17:30; Ro 1:20, 23, 28; 1Co 1:21; 8:5; 2Co 4:4; Ga 4:8; Ep 2:12; 2Th 2:4; 1Ti 1:17; 1Jn 5:20. [24] Gn 14:19, 22; 1K 8:27; 2K 19:15; 2Ch 2:6; 6:18; Ps 24:1; 115:16; 146:5; 148:13; Is 40:12, 28; 45:18; 66:1; Jr 10:11; 23:24; 32:17; Dn 4:35; Zc 12:1; Mt 5:34; 11:25; Lk 10:21; Jn 1:1; 4:22; Ac 4:24; 7:48; 14:15; 17:26; He 1:2; 3:4; Rv 20:11. [25] Gn 2:7; Nu 16:22; 27:16; Jb 12:10; 22:2; 27:3; 33:4; 34:14; 35:6; Ps 16:2; 50:8; 104:27; Is 42:5; 57:16; Jr 7:20; Am 5:21; Zc 12:1; Mt 5:45; 9:13; Ac 14:17; 17:28; Ro 11:35; 1Ti 6:17. [26] Gn 3:20; 9:19; Dt 32:7; Jb 14:5; Ps 31:15; Is 14:31; 45:21; Dn 11:27, 35; Mal 2:10; Ac 15:18; Ro 5:12; 1Co 15:22, 47; He 2:3. [27] 1K 8:27; Ps 19:1; 139:1; Jr 23:23; Ac 14:17; 15:17; Ro 1:20; 2:4. [28] 1S 25:29; Jb 12:10; Ps 36:9; 66:9; Lk 3:38; 20:38; Jn 5:26; 11:25; Col 1:17; Tit 1:12; He 1:3; 12:9. [29] Ex 20:4; 32:4; Ps 94:7; 106:20; 115:4; Is 40:12; 44:9; 46:5; Jr 10:4; Hab 2:19; Ro 1:20. [30] Ps 50:21; Mt 3:2; 4:17; Mk 6:12; Lk 13:5; 15:10; 24:47; Ac 3:19; 11:18; 14:16; 20:21; 26:17; Ro 1:28; 2:4; 3:23, 25; 2Co 7:10; Ep 4:17; 5:6; Tit 2:11; 1P 1:14; 4:3. [31] Mt 25:31; Lk 24:46; Jn 5:22; Ac 2:23, 32; 3:15; 4:10; 5:30; 10:39, 42; 13:30; 17:18; Ro 2:5, 16; 14:9; 1Co 4:5; 15:3; 2Co 5:10; 2Ti 4:1; 2P 3:7; Jde 1:14. 32 ¶ Andº when they heardºª of the resurrectionº of the dead,º someº² mocked:ºª andº others² said,ºª We will hearºª theeº againº ofº thisº [matter]. 33 ² Soº¹ Paulº departedºª fromº amongº them.º [32] Gn 19:14; 2Ch 30:9; 36:16; Lk 14:18; 22:63; 23:11, 36; Ac 2:13; 13:41; 17:18; 24:25; 25:19; 26:8, 24; 1Co 1:23; 4:10; 2Co 6:2; He 3:7; 11:36; 13:13.
whereby many are converted unto Christ.34 Howbeitº certainº menº claveºª unto him,º and² believed:ºª amongº the whichº¹ [was] Dionysiusº the² Areopagite,º andº a womanº namedº Damaris,º andº othersº withº them.º ©2011 by First Gospel Publications, Zion, Ill. All rights reserved. For downloads and more information please visit www.FirstGospel.com. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries Featuring the qBible.com Living Strong's Lexical Map ©2003 by The WWW Chat Bible Compages. All rights reserved. For how to use color-coding please view [www.ChatBible.com/key.html]. |
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