Acts 17:16

Paul in Athens

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was gprovoked within him as he saw that the city was hfull of idols.

Acts 17:16 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.

Acts 17:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

Acts 17:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city.

Acts 17:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols.

Acts 17:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 While Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens, he was troubled because he saw that the city was full of idols.

Acts 17:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

Acts 17:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.

Acts 17:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 While Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens, he saw that the city had statues of false gods everywhere. This upset him.

Acts 17:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was troubled within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.

Acts 17:16 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that the city was full of idols.

Acts 17:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he observed the city was full of idols.

Acts 17:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens. He was very upset to see that the city was full of statues of gods.

Acts 17:16 — New American Standard Bible (1995) (NASB95)

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.

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Acts 17:22–28

Paul Addresses the Areopagus

22 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: p‘To the unknown god.’ pWhat therefore you worship qas unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 rThe God who made the world and everything in it, being sLord of heaven and earth, tdoes not live in temples made by man,3 25 nor is he served by human hands, uas though he needed anything, since he himself vgives to all mankind wlife and breath and everything. 26 And xhe made from one man every nation of mankind to live yon all the face of the earth, zhaving determined allotted periods and athe boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 bthat they should seek God, cand perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. dYet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28 for

e“ ‘In him we live and move and have our being’;4

as even some of fyour own poets have said,

“ ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’5

p	Jn 4:22 1 Co 15:34
q	Ac 17:30
r	Is 42:5 Ac 14:15
s	Mt 11:25 Dt 10:14 Ps 115:16
t	Ac 7:48
3	Greek made by hands
u	Ps 50:8–12 1 Ch 29:14 1 Ch 29:16 Job 22:2
v	1 Ti 6:17 Jas 1:5 Jas 1:17
w	Ge 2:7 Ge 7:22 Job 33:4 Job 27:3 Ec 12:7 Zec 12:1 Ac 17:28
x	Ge 3:20 Mal 2:10
y	Ge 11:8 Lk 21:35
z	Job 12:23 Job 14:5
a	Dt 32:8 Ps 74:17
b	Ac 15:17
c	Job 23:3 Job 23:8 Job 23:9
d	Dt 4:7 Ps 145:18 Je 23:23 Je 23:24 Ac 14:17
e	Job 12:10 Da 5:23 Heb 2:11
4	Probably from Epimenides of Crete
f	Tt 1:12
5	From Aratus’s poem “Phainomena”