1 N ow when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

2 T hen Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3 e xplaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.”

explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

4 A nd some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas. Assault on Jason’s House

Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

5 B ut the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

6 B ut when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.

When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

7 J ason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”

whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”

8 A nd they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.

The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

9 S o when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. Ministering at Berea

When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

10 T hen the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

11 T hese were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

12 T herefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.

Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.

13 B ut when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.

14 T hen immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.

Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.

15 S o those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed. The Philosophers at Athens

But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.

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

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

17 T herefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.

18 T hen certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

19 A nd they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?

They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

20 F or you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”

21 F or all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing. Addressing the Areopagus

Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

22 T hen Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;

Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

23 f or as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you:

For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.

24 “ God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands,

25 N or is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

26 A nd He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

27 s o that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

28 f or in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

29 T herefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

30 T ruly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

31 b ecause He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

32 A nd when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter. ”

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

33 S o Paul departed from among them.

Thus Paul went out from among them.

34 H owever, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.