Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 17:22

22 Bǎoluó zhàn zaì Yàlüè bā gǔ dāngzhōng , shuō , zhòng wèi Yǎdiǎn rén nǎ , wǒ kàn nǐmen fán shì hĕn jìngwèi guǐ shén .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 17:22 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 17:22

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill
Or of Areopagus, as it is better rendered in ( Acts 17:19 ) for it is the same place, and it is the same word that is here used: Paul stood in the midst of that court of judicature, amidst the Areopagites, the judges of that court, and the wise and learned philosophers of the different sects that were assembled together:

and said, ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too
superstitious;
or "more religious", than any other persons, in other places, which has been observed before on ( Acts 17:16 ) they had more gods, and more altars, and more festivals, and were more diligent and studious in the worship of the gods, than others. And this manner of addressing them, both as citizens of Athens, and as very religious persons, and who, as such, greatly exceeded all others, must greatly tend to engage their attention to him.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 17:22 In-Context

20 Yīnwei nǐ yǒu xiē qíguaì de shì , chuán dào wǒmen ĕr zhòng . wǒmen yuànyì zhīdào zhèxie shì shì shénme yìsi .

21 Yǎdiǎn rén , hé zhù zaì nàli de kèren , dōu bù gù biéde shì , zhǐ jiāng xīnwén shuō shuō tīng tīng

22 Bǎoluó zhàn zaì Yàlüè bā gǔ dāngzhōng , shuō , zhòng wèi Yǎdiǎn rén nǎ , wǒ kàn nǐmen fán shì hĕn jìngwèi guǐ shén .

23 Wǒ yóuxíng de shíhou , guānkàn nǐmen suǒ jìngbaì de , yùjiàn yī zuò tán , shàngmian xiĕ zhe wèi shí zhī shén . nǐmen suǒ bù rènshi ér jìngbaì de , wǒ xiànzaì gàosu nǐmen .

24 Chuàngzào yǔ zhòu hé qízhōng wànwù de shén , jì shì tiāndì de zhǔ , jiù bù zhù rén shǒu suǒ zào de diàn .