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1 Paul and Silas traveled through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to the city of Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue. Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 As usual, Paul went into the synagogue. On three consecutive days of worship, he had discussions about Scripture with the synagogue members. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 He explained and showed them that the Messiah had to suffer, die, and come back to life, and that Jesus, the person he talked about, was this Messiah. explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said.
4 Some of the Jews were persuaded to join Paul and Silas, especially a large group of Greeks who had converted to Judaism and the wives of many prominent men. And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
5 Then the Jews became jealous. They took some low-class characters who hung around the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd. But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.
6 When they didn't find Paul and Silas, they dragged Jason and some other believers in front of the city officials. They shouted, |Those men who have made trouble all over the world are now here in Thessalonica, And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here,
7 and Jason has welcomed them as his guests. All of them oppose the emperor's decrees by saying that there is another king, whose name is Jesus.| and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”
8 The crowd and the officials were upset when they heard this. And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things. When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.
9 But after they had made Jason and the others post bond, they let them go. And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.
10 Immediately when night came, the believers sent Paul and Silas to the city of Berea. When Paul and Silas arrived in the city of Berea, they entered the synagogue. The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
11 The people of Berea were more open-minded than the people of Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive God's message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if what Paul said was true. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
12 Many of them became believers, and quite a number of them were prominent Greek men and women. Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men. As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica found out that Paul was also spreading God's word in Berea, they went there to upset and confuse the people. But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds. But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up.
14 The believers immediately sent Paul to the seacoast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there. The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.
15 The men who escorted Paul took him all the way to the city of Athens. When the men left Athens, they took instructions back to Silas and Timothy to join Paul as soon as possible. Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
16 While Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens, he saw that the city had statues of false gods everywhere. This upset him. Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.
17 He held discussions in the synagogue with Jews and converts to Judaism. He also held discussions every day in the public square with anyone 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 happened to be there. So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.
18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers had discussions with him. Some asked, |What is this babbling fool trying to say?| Others said, |He seems to be speaking about foreign gods.| The philosophers said these things because Paul was telling the Good News about Jesus and saying that people would come back to life. Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
19 Then they brought Paul to the city court, the Areopagus, and asked, |Could you tell us these new ideas that you're teaching? And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
20 Some of the things you say sound strange to us. So we would like to know what they mean.| For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”
21 Everyone who lived in Athens looked for opportunities to tell or hear something new and unusual. Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
22 Paul stood in the middle of the court and said, |Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious. So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.
23 As I was going through your city and looking closely at the objects you worship, I noticed an altar with this written on it: 'To an unknown god.' I'm telling you about the unknown god you worship. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
24 The God who made the universe and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn't live in shrines made by humans, The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.
25 and he isn't served by humans as if he needed anything. He gives everyone life, breath, and everything they have. nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
26 From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.
27 He has done this so that they would look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. In fact, he is never far from any one of us. that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.
28 Certainly, we live, move, and exist because of him. As some of your poets have said, 'We are God's children.' for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’ For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
29 So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like an image made from gold, silver, or stone, an image that is the product of human imagination and skill. Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.
30 |God overlooked the times when people didn't know any better. But now he commands everyone everywhere to turn to him and change the way they think and act. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
31 He has set a day when he is going to judge the world with justice, and he will use a man he has appointed to do this. God has given proof to everyone that he will do this by bringing that man back to life.| because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.” For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
32 When the people of the court heard that a person had come back to life, some began joking about it, while others said, |We'll hear you talk about this some other time.| Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.” When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”
33 With this response, Paul left the court. So Paul went out from their midst. At that, Paul left the Council.
34 Some men joined him and became believers. With them were Dionysius, who was a member of the court, and a woman named Damaris, and some other people. But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them. Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
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