Atti 17:22

22 E Paolo, stando in piè in mezzo dell’Areopago, disse: Uomini Ateniesi, io vi veggo quasi troppo religiosi in ogni cosa.

Atti 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.

Atti 17:22 In-Context

20 Perciocchè tu ci rechi agli orecchi cose strane; noi vogliamo dunque sapere che cosa si vogliano coteste cose.

21 Or tutti gli Ateniesi, e i forestieri che dimoravano in quella città, non passavano il tempo ad altro, che a dire, o ad udire alcuna cosa di nuovo.

22 E Paolo, stando in piè in mezzo dell’Areopago, disse: Uomini Ateniesi, io vi veggo quasi troppo religiosi in ogni cosa.

23 Perciocchè, passando, e considerando le vostre deità, ho trovato eziandio un altare, sopra il quale era scritto: ALL’IDDIO SCONOSCIUTO. Quello adunque il qual voi servite, senza conoscerlo, io ve l’annunzio.

24 L’Iddio che ha fatto il mondo, e tutte le cose che sono in esso, essendo Signore del cielo e della terra, non abita in tempii fatti d’opera di mani.