Acts 17:1–18:18

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to aThessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 And Paul, bas his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them cout of the scriptures, 3 dOpening and alleging, that eChrist must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this fJesus, ||whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 gAnd some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and hSilas; and of the idevout kGreeks a great multitude, and of lthe chief women not a few. 5 But mthe Jews which believed not, nmoved with envy, took unto them certain olewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of pJason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain qbrethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, rThese that have sturned tthe world upside down are come hither also; 7 Whom Jason hath ureceived: and these all do contrary to the vdecrees of Caesar, wsaying that there is another king, one Jesus. 8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

10 And qthe brethren immediately xsent away Paul and hSilas by night unto Berea: who coming thither bwent into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more ynoble than those in aThessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and zsearched the scriptures adaily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of bhonourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at cBerea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. 14 And then immediately the brethren dsent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but eSilas and fTimotheus abode there still. 15 And they that gconducted Paul brought him unto hAthens: and ireceiving a commandment unto eSilas and fTimotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

16 *kNow while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city ||wholly given to idolatry. 17 Therefore ldisputed he min the synagogue with the Jews, and with the ndevout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this ||babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because ohe preached unto them Jesus, and pthe resurrection. 19 And they took him, and brought him unto ||Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and qstrangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of ||Mars’ hill, and said,

Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too rsuperstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your ||devotions, I found an altar with this sinscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, thim declare I unto you. 24 uGod that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is xLord of heaven and earth, ydwelleth not in temples zmade with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, aas though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all blife, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath cdetermined the times before appointed, and dthe bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, ethough he be not far from every one of us: 28 For fin him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of gyour own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, hwe ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. 30 And the times of this ignorance God iwinked at; but know commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which lhe will judge mthe world in righteousness by that man whom he hath cordained; whereof he ||hath given assurance unto all men, in that nhe hath raised him from the dead.

32 And when they heard of othe resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, pWe will hear thee again of this matter. 33 So Paul departed from among them. 34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the qAreopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

18 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to aCorinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named bAquila, born in cPontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife bPriscilla; (because that dClaudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and ewrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. 4 And he freasoned gin the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And hwhen Silas and Timotheus were come from iMacedonia, Paul was jpressed in the spirit, and ktestified to the Jews that lJesus ||was Christ. 6 And when they opposed themselves, and mblasphemed, nhe shook his raiment, and said unto them, oYour blood be upon your own heads; pI am clean: qfrom henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. 7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, rone that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 8 And sCrispus, the tchief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord uwith all his house; and many of athe Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. 9 Then xspake the Lord to Paul in the night by ya vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10 For zI am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. 11 And he †continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 *And when Gallio was the adeputy of bAchaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and cbrought him to dthe judgment seat, 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to ethe law. 14 And when Paul was now about to fopen his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked glewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should hbear with you: 15 iBut if it be a question of words and names, and of eyour law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. 16 And he drave them from dthe judgment seat. 17 Then all the Greeks took kSosthenes, the lchief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before dthe judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then mtook his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into nSyria, and with him oPriscilla and oAquila; having pshorn his head in qCenchrea: for he had pa vow.