Acts 17:10-20

Paul at Berea

10 ¹The brethren immediately sent ²Paul and Silas away by night to ³Berea, and when they arrived, they went into ⁴the synagogue of the Jews.

11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in ⁵Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily * to see whether these things were so.

12 Therefore ⁶many of them believed, along with a number * of ⁷prominent Greek ⁸women and men.

13 But when the Jews of ⁹Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in ¹⁰Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

14 Then immediately ¹¹the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and ¹²Silas and ¹³Timothy remained there.

15 Now ¹⁴those who escorted Paul brought him as far as ¹⁵Athens; and receiving a command for ¹⁶Silas and Timothy to ¹⁷come to him as soon as possible, they left.

Paul at Athens

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at ¹⁸Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.

17 So he was reasoning ¹⁹in the synagogue with the Jews and ²⁰the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present.

18 And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, "What would ²¹this idle babbler wish to say?" Others *, "He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,"-because he was preaching ²²Jesus and the resurrection.

19 And they ²³took him and brought him to the ²⁴Areopagus, saying, "May we know what ²⁵this new teaching is which you are proclaiming?

20 "For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean *."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 1:15; Acts 17:6, 14
• 2. Acts 17:4
• 3. Acts 17:13; Acts 20:4
• 4. Acts 17:1
• 5. Acts 17:1
• 6. Acts 2:47
• 7. Mark 15:43
• 8. Acts 13:50
• 9. Acts 17:1
• 10. Acts 17:10; Acts 20:4
• 11. Acts 1:15; Acts 17:6, 10
• 12. Acts 15:22; Acts 17:4, 10
• 13. Acts 16:1
• 14. Acts 15:3
• 15. Acts 17:16, 21; Acts 18:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:1
• 16. Acts 17:14
• 17. Acts 18:5
• 18. Acts 17:15, 21; Acts 18:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:1
• 19. Acts 9:20; Acts 17:2
• 20. Acts 17:4
• 21. 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 4:10
• 22. Acts 4:2; Acts 17:31
• 23. Acts 23:19
• 24. Acts 17:22
• 25. Mark 1:27

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "who when...arrived went"
• [b]. Lit "who received"
• [c]. Lit "all"
• [d]. Lit "and not a few"
• [e]. Or "disputing"
• [f]. I.e. one who makes his living by picking up scraps
• [g]. Or "before"
• [h]. Or "Hill of Ares," god of war
• [i]. Lit "which is being spoken by you"