Acts 17 AND passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.

ABU⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ AND passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews. ² And Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, ³ opening them, and setting forth that the Christ must suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom I preach to you. ⁴ And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. ⁵ But the Jews, moved with envy, having taken to them, of the idlers in the market-place, certain vicious men, and having gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them unto the people. ⁶ And not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying: These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. ⁷ Whom Jason has received; and all these are acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. ⁸ And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. ⁹ And having taken security of Jason, and of the others, they let them go. ¹⁰ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Beroea; who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. ¹¹ These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily whether these things were so. ¹² Many of them therefore believed; and of honorable Grecian women and men, not a few. ¹³ But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew that also at Beroea the word of God was preached by Paul, they came, stirring up the people there also. ¹⁴ And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to journey as upon the sea; but Silas and Timothy abode there still. ¹⁵ And they who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and having received a command to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. ¹⁶ Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city full of idols. ¹⁷ Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the market daily with those who met with him. ¹⁸ And certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, were disputing with him. And some said: What would this babbler say? and others: He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods; because he made known to them the good news of Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹ And taking hold of him, they brought him upon Mars' Hill, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest? ²⁰ For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean. ²¹ Now all Athenians, and the strangers residing there, spent their leisure for nothing else, but to tell or to hear something new. ²² And Paul, standing in the midst of Mars' Hill, said: Men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very devout. ²³ For as I passed by, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore, not knowing, ye worship, him I announce to you. ²⁴ The God who made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands; ²⁵ nor is ministered to by human hands, as if needing anything more, himself giving to all life, and breath, and all things. ²⁶ And he made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having fixed the appointed seasons and bounds of their habitation; ²⁷ that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, although he is not far from every one of us; ²⁸ for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as also some of your own poets have said: For his offspring also are we. ²⁹ Being therefore God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. ³⁰ The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now, commands all men everywhere to repent. ³¹ Because he fixed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he appointed, having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. ³² And when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some mocked; and others said: We will hear thee again of this matter. ³³ And thus Paul departed from among them. ³⁴ But certain ones, joining themselves to him, believed; among whom was also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.