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Learn about the sources and coverage →They traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and reached Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
Διοδεύσαντες δὲ τὴν Ἀμφίπολιν καὶ Ἀπολλωνίαν, ἦλθον εἰς Θεσσαλονίκην, ὅπου ἦν ἡ συναγωγὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων∙
Diodeusantes de tēn Amphipolin kai Apollōnian, ēlthon eis Thessalonikēn, hopou ēn hē synagōgē tōn Ioudaiōn;
As was his practice, Paul went in to meet with them. For three Sabbaths he discussed the Scriptures with them,
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
κατὰ δὲ τὸ εἰωθὸς τῷ Παύλῳ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτούς, καὶ ἐπὶ σάββατα τρία διελέξατο αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν γραφῶν,
kata de to eiōthos tō Paulō eisēlthen pros autous, kai epi sabbata tria dielexato autois apo tōn graphōn,
explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from death. “The Jesus I am telling you about,” he said, “is that Messiah.”
Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
διανοίγων καὶ παρατιθέμενος, ὅτι Τὸν χριστὸν ἔδει παθεῖν καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν, καὶ ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς, ὃν ἐγὼ καταγγέλλω ὑμῖν.
dianoigōn kai paratithemenos, hoti Ton christon edei pathein kai anastēnai ek nekrōn, kai hoti Houtos estin ho christos Iēsous, hon egō katangellō hymin.
Some were convinced and joined Paul and Silas. So did a large number of Greeks who worshiped God, along with many prominent women.
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
Καί τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπείσθησαν, καὶ προσεκληρώθησαν τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Σίλᾳ, τῶν τε σεβομένων Ἑλλήνων πολὺ πλῆθος, γυναικῶν τε τῶν πρώτων οὐκ ὀλίγαι.
Kai tines ex autōn epeisthēsan, kai proseklērōthēsan tō Paulō kai tō Sila, tōn te sebomenōn Hellēnōn poly plēthos, gynaikōn te tōn prōtōn ouk oligai.
But the Jews who refused to believe recruited troublemakers from the marketplace. They formed a mob, stirred up the city, and stormed Jason’s house, intending to bring Paul and Silas before the public assembly.
¶ But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Προσλαβόμενοι δὲ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι οἱ ἀπειθοῦντες, τῶν ἀγοραίων τινὰς ἄνδρας πονηρούς, καὶ ὀχλοποιήσαντες, ἐθορύβουν τὴν πόλιν∙ ἐπιστάντες τε τῇ οἰκίᾳ Ἰάσονος, ἐζήτουν αὐτοὺς ἀγαγεῖν εἰς τὸν δῆμον.
Proslabomenoi de hoi Ioudaioi hoi apeithountes, tōn agoraiōn tinas andras ponērous, kai ochlopoiēsantes, ethoryboun tēn polin; epistantes te tē oikia Iasonos, ezētoun autous agagein eis ton dēmon.
When they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials. “The men who have thrown the world into turmoil have come here too!” they shouted.
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
Μὴ εὑρόντες δὲ αὐτούς, ἔσυρον τὸν Ἰάσονα καί τινας ἀδελφοὺς ἐπὶ τοὺς πολιτάρχας, βοῶντες ὅτι Οἱ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἀναστατώσαντες, οὗτοι καὶ ἐνθάδε πάρεισιν,
Mē heurontes de autous, esyron ton Iasona kai tinas adelphous epi tous politarchas, boōntes hoti Hoi tēn oikoumenēn anastatōsantes, houtoi kai enthade pareisin,
“And Jason has welcomed them! They all defy Caesar’s decrees by declaring that there is another king—Jesus.”
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
οὓς ὑποδέδεκται Ἰάσων∙ καὶ οὗτοι πάντες ἀπέναντι τῶν δογμάτων Καίσαρος πράσσουσιν, βασιλέα λέγοντες ἕτερον εἶναι, Ἰησοῦν.
hous hypodedektai Iasōn; kai houtoi pantes apenanti tōn dogmatōn Kaisaros prassousin, basilea legontes heteron einai, Iēsoun.
These accusations alarmed the crowd and the city officials.
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
Ἐτάραξαν δὲ τὸν ὄχλον καὶ τοὺς πολιτάρχας ἀκούοντας ταῦτα.
Etaraxan de ton ochlon kai tous politarchas akouontas tauta.
After requiring security from Jason and the others, the officials released them.
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
Καὶ λαβόντες τὸ ἱκανὸν παρὰ τοῦ Ἰάσονος καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν, ἀπέλυσαν αὐτούς.
Kai labontes to hikanon para tou Iasonos kai tōn loipōn, apelysan autous.
That very night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
¶ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ εὐθέως διὰ τῆς νυκτὸς ἐξέπεμψαν τόν τε Παῦλον καὶ τὸν Σίλαν εἰς Βέροιαν∙ οἵτινες παραγενόμενοι εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν ἀπῄεσαν τῶν Ἰουδαίων.
Hoi de adelphoi eutheōs dia tēs nyktos exepempsan ton te Paulon kai ton Silan eis Beroian; hoitines paragenomenoi eis tēn synagōgēn apēesan tōn Ioudaiōn.
The people there showed a nobler attitude than those in Thessalonica. They welcomed the message eagerly and examined the Scriptures each day to test whether what they heard was true.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν εὐγενέστεροι τῶν ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ, οἵτινες ἐδέξαντο τὸν λόγον μετὰ πάσης προθυμίας, τὸ καθ’ ἡμέραν ἀνακρίνοντες τὰς γραφάς, εἰ ἔχοι ταῦτα οὕτως.
Houtoi de ēsan eugenesteroi tōn en Thessalonikē, hoitines edexanto ton logon meta pasēs prothymias, to kath’ hēmeran anakrinontes tas graphas, ei echoi tauta houtōs.
As a result, many believed, including a considerable number of influential Greek women and men.
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Πολλοὶ μὲν οὖν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπίστευσαν, καὶ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων γυναικῶν τῶν εὐσχημόνων καὶ ἀνδρῶν οὐκ ὀλίγοι.
Polloi men oun ex autōn episteusan, kai tōn Hellēnidōn gynaikōn tōn euschēmonōn kai andrōn ouk oligoi.
But when the Jewish opponents in Thessalonica learned that Paul was also announcing God’s message in Berea, they came there and stirred up the crowds.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
Ὡς δὲ ἔγνωσαν οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης Ἰουδαῖοι ὅτι καὶ ἐν τῇ Βεροίᾳ κατηγγέλη ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ, ἦλθον κἀκεῖ σαλεύοντες τοὺς ὄχλους.
Hōs de egnōsan hoi apo tēs Thessalonikēs Ioudaioi hoti kai en tē Beroia katēngelē hypo tou Paulou ho logos tou theou, ēlthon kakei saleuontes tous ochlous.
The believers immediately sent Paul toward the sea, while Silas and Timothy stayed behind.
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
Εὐθέως δὲ τότε τὸν Παῦλον ἐξαπέστειλαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ πορεύεσθαι ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν∙ ὑπέμενον δὲ ὅ τε Σίλας καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος ἐκεῖ.
Eutheōs de tote ton Paulon exapesteilan hoi adelphoi poreuesthai hōs epi tēn thalassan; hypemenon de ho te Silas kai ho Timotheos ekei.
Paul’s escorts accompanied him as far as Athens. They returned with his instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as quickly as possible.
And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
Οἱ δὲ καθιστῶντες τὸν Παῦλον, ἤγαγον αὐτὸν ἕως Ἀθηνῶν∙ καὶ λαβόντες ἐντολὴν πρὸς τὸν Σίλαν καὶ Τιμόθεον, ἵνα ὡς τάχιστα ἔλθωσιν πρὸς αὐτόν, ἐξῄεσαν.
Hoi de kathistōntes ton Paulon, ēgagon auton heōs Athēnōn; kai labontes entolēn pros ton Silan kai Timotheon, hina hōs tachista elthōsin pros auton, exēesan.
While Paul waited for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see the city filled with idols.
¶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
Ἐν δὲ ταῖς Ἀθήναις ἐκδεχομένου αὐτοὺς τοῦ Παύλου, παρωξύνετο τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ, θεωροῦντι κατείδωλον οὖσαν τὴν πόλιν.
En de tais Athēnais ekdechomenou autous tou Paulou, parōxyneto to pneuma autou en autō, theōrounti kateidōlon ousan tēn polin.
He discussed the message in the synagogue with Jews and others who worshiped God. Each day he also spoke in the marketplace with whoever happened to be there.
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Διελέγετο μὲν οὖν ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις καὶ τοῖς σεβομένοις, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ κατὰ πᾶσαν ἡμέραν πρὸς τοὺς παρατυγχάνοντας.
Dielegeto men oun en tē synagōgē tois Ioudaiois kai tois sebomenois, kai en tē agora kata pasan hēmeran pros tous paratynchanontas.
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. “What is this collector of scraps trying to say?” some asked. Others said, “He seems to be introducing foreign gods.” They said this because he was announcing the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Τινὲς δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἐπικουρείων καὶ τῶν Στοϊκῶν φιλοσόφων συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ. Καί τινες ἔλεγον, Τί ἂν θέλοι ὁ σπερμολόγος οὗτος λέγειν; Οἱ δέ, Ξένων δαιμονίων δοκεῖ καταγγελεὺς εἶναι∙ ὅτι τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν εὐηγγελίζετο.
Tines de kai tōn Epikoureiōn kai tōn Stoikōn philosophōn syneballon autō. Kai tines elegon, Ti an theloi ho spermologos houtos legein? Hoi de, Xenōn daimoniōn dokei katangeleus einai; hoti ton Iēsoun kai tēn anastasin euēngelizeto.
They took him to the Areopagus and asked, “Can you explain this new teaching you are presenting?
And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
Ἐπιλαβόμενοί τε αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τὸν Ἄρειον πάγον ἤγαγον λέγοντες, Δυνάμεθα γνῶναι, τίς ἡ καινὴ αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ σοῦ λαλουμένη διδαχή;
Epilabomenoi te autou, epi ton Areion pagon ēgagon legontes, Dynametha gnōnai, tis hē kainē hautē hē hypo sou laloumenē didachē?
“You are bringing unfamiliar ideas to our ears, and we want to understand them.”
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
Ξενίζοντα γάρ τινα εἰσφέρεις εἰς τὰς ἀκοὰς ἡμῶν∙ βουλόμεθα οὖν γνῶναι, τί ἂν θέλοι ταῦτα εἶναι—
Xenizonta gar tina eisphereis eis tas akoas hēmōn; boulometha oun gnōnai, ti an theloi tauta einai—
The Athenians and the foreigners staying there spent their time telling or hearing the latest ideas.
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ πάντες καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες ξένοι εἰς οὐδὲν ἕτερον εὐκαίρουν, ἢ λέγειν τι καὶ ἀκούειν καινότερον.
Athēnaioi de pantes kai hoi epidēmountes xenoi eis ouden heteron eukairoun, ē legein ti kai akouein kainoteron.
Paul stood before the Areopagus and said, “People of Athens, I see how deeply religious you are in every way.
¶ Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
Σταθεὶς δὲ ὁ Παῦλος ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἀρείου πάγου ἔφη, Ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, κατὰ πάντα ὡς δεισιδαιμονεστέρους ὑμᾶς θεωρῶ.
Statheis de ho Paulos en mesō tou Areiou pagou ephē, Andres Athēnaioi, kata panta hōs deisidaimonesterous hymas theōrō.
“As I walked through your city and looked closely at what you worship, I even found an altar inscribed, ‘To an unknown god.’ The One you worship without knowing Him is the One I am announcing to you.
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Διερχόμενος γὰρ καὶ ἀναθεωρῶν τὰ σεβάσματα ὑμῶν, εὗρον καὶ βωμὸν ἐν ᾧ ἐπεγέγραπτο, Ἀγνώστῳ θεῷ. Ὃν οὖν ἀγνοοῦντες εὐσεβεῖτε, τοῦτον ἐγὼ καταγγέλλω ὑμῖν.
Dierchomenos gar kai anatheōrōn ta sebasmata hymōn, heuron kai bōmon en hō epegegrapto, Agnōstō theō. Hon oun agnoountes eusebeite, touton egō katangellō hymin.
“God made the world and everything in it. He is Lord over heaven and earth, and He does not make His home in shrines that people build.
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν κόσμον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ, οὗτος, οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς κύριος ὑπάρχων, οὐκ ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς κατοικεῖ,
Ho theos ho poiēsas ton kosmon kai panta ta en autō, houtos, ouranou kai gēs kyrios hyparchōn, ouk en cheiropoiētois naois katoikei,
“Nor does He depend on the work of human hands, as if He lacked anything. He Himself gives life and breath to everyone in every respect.
Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
οὐδὲ ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων θεραπεύεται, προσδεόμενός τινος, αὐτὸς διδοὺς πᾶσιν ζωὴν καὶ πνοὴν κατὰ πάντα∙
oude hypo cheirōn anthrōpōn therapeuetai, prosdeomenos tinos, autos didous pasin zōēn kai pnoēn kata panta;
“From one blood He made every nation of humanity to inhabit the whole earth. He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their homelands,
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
ἐποίησέν τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵματος πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων, κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, ὁρίσας προστεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν∙
epoiēsen te ex henos haimatos pan ethnos anthrōpōn, katoikein epi pan to prosōpon tēs gēs, horisas prostetagmenous kairous kai tas horothesias tēs katoikias autōn;
“so that they would seek the Lord, hoping they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from any one of us.
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
ζητεῖν τὸν κύριον, εἰ ἄρα γε ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν καὶ εὕροιεν, καί γε οὐ μακρὰν ἀπὸ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου ἡμῶν ὑπάρχοντα.
zētein ton kyrion, ei ara ge psēlaphēseian auton kai heuroien, kai ge ou makran apo henos hekastou hēmōn hyparchonta.
“For our life, our movement, and our very existence depend on Him. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We too are His offspring.’
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καί ἐσμεν∙ ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθ’ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν, Τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.
En autō gar zōmen kai kinoumetha kai esmen; hōs kai tines tōn kath’ hymas poiētōn eirēkasin, Tou gar kai genos esmen.
“Since we are God’s offspring, we should not imagine that the divine nature resembles gold, silver, or stone—something shaped by human skill and imagination.
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ θεοῦ, οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ ἢ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ, χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
Genos oun hyparchontes tou theou, ouk opheilomen nomizein chrysō ē argyrō ē lithō, charagmati technēs kai enthymēseōs anthrōpou, to theion einai homoion.
“God overlooked those times of ignorance, but now He commands everyone, everywhere, to repent—to turn from sin toward Him.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ θεός, τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πᾶσιν πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν∙
Tous men oun chronous tēs agnoias hyperidōn ho theos, ta nyn parangellei tois anthrōpois pasin pantachou metanoein;
“He has set a day when He will judge the world justly through the Man He has appointed. He has given everyone assurance of this by raising that Man from the dead.”
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
διότι ἔστησεν ἡμέραν, ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν, πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν, ἀναστήσας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
dioti estēsen hēmeran, en hē mellei krinein tēn oikoumenēn en dikaiosynē, en andri hō hōrisen, pistin paraschōn pasin, anastēsas auton ek nekrōn.
When they heard about resurrection from death, some mocked him. Others said, “We would like to hear you again on this subject.”
¶ And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν, οἱ μὲν ἐχλεύαζον∙ οἱ δὲ εἶπον, Ἀκουσόμεθά σου πάλιν περὶ τούτου.
Akousantes de anastasin nekrōn, hoi men echleuazon; hoi de eipon, Akousometha sou palin peri toutou.
Paul then left their gathering.
So Paul departed from among them.
Καὶ οὕτως ὁ Παῦλος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν.
Kai houtōs ho Paulos exēlthen ek mesou autōn.
Some, however, joined him and believed. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Τινὲς δὲ ἄνδρες κολληθέντες αὐτῷ, ἐπίστευσαν∙ ἐν οἷς καὶ Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης, καὶ γυνὴ ὀνόματι Δάμαρις, καὶ ἕτεροι σὺν αὐτοῖς.
Tines de andres kollēthentes autō, episteusan; en hois kai Dionysios ho Areopagitēs, kai gynē onomati Damaris, kai heteroi syn autois.