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Acts 17:22

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17:22So Paul stood80 before the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious81 in all respects.82

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  1. 80 Grk “standing … said.” The participle ζηλώσαντες (zēlōsantes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
  2. 81 The term δεισιδαιμονεστέρους (deisidaimonesterous) is difficult. On the one hand it can have the positive sense of “devout,” but on the other hand it can have the negative sense of “superstitious” ( δεισιδαίμων). As part of a laudatory introduction (the technical rhetorical term for this introduction was capatatio), the term is probably positive here. It may well be a “backhanded” compliment, playing on the ambiguity.
  3. 82 κατά B.6 translates the phrase κατὰ πάντα (kata panta) as “in all respects.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “People of Athens! I see that you are extremely religious in every respect.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Paul stood there in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see you are very religious in every respect.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said,

Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.