Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 17

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Acts 17 . 1 , Paul preaches at Thessalonica , where some believe , Acts 17 . 5 , and others persecute him; Acts 17 . 10 , He is sent to Berea , and preaches there; Acts 17 . 13 , Being persecuted by Jews from Thessalonica , Acts 17 . 16. he comes to Athens , and disputes and preaches the living God , to them unknown; Acts 17 . 32 , whereby , though some mock , many are converted unto Christ.

Acts 17:1

When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

Acts 17:1 · BSB

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Acts 17:2

As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Acts 17:2 · BSB

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Acts 17:3

explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

Acts 17:3 · BSB

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Acts 17:4

Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

Acts 17:4 · BSB

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Acts 17:5

The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

Acts 17:5 · BSB

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Acts 17:6

But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

Acts 17:6 · BSB

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Acts 17:7

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

Acts 17:7 · BSB

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Acts 17:8

On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

Acts 17:8 · BSB

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Acts 17:10

As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

Acts 17:10 · BSB

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Acts 17:11

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Acts 17:11 · BSB

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Acts 17:12

As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

Acts 17:12 · BSB

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Acts 17:13

But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.

Acts 17:13 · BSB

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Acts 17:14

The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

Acts 17:14 · BSB

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Acts 17:15

Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

Acts 17:15 · BSB

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Acts 17:16

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

Acts 17:16 · BSB

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or , full of idols

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Cir , am 4058 , ad 54

Acts 17:17

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

Acts 17:17 · BSB

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Acts 17:18

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 17:18 · BSB

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or , base fellow

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Acts 17:19

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

Acts 17:19 · BSB

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or , Mars'-hill

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Acts 17:20

For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

Acts 17:20 · BSB

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Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

Acts 17:21 · BSB

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Acts 17:22

Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

Acts 17:22 · BSB

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or , the court of the Areopagites

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Acts 17:23

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

Acts 17:23 · BSB

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or , gods that ye worship

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Acts 17:24

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

Acts 17:24 · BSB

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Acts 17:25

Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

Acts 17:25 · BSB

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Acts 17:26

From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

Acts 17:26 · BSB

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Acts 17:27

God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Acts 17:27 · BSB

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Acts 17:28

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

Acts 17:28 · BSB

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Acts 17:29

Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

Acts 17:29 · BSB

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Acts 17:30

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

Acts 17:30 · BSB

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Acts 17:31

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.”

Acts 17:31 · BSB

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given assurance or , offered faith

Acts 17:32

When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”

Acts 17:32 · BSB

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Acts 17:33

At that, Paul left the Areopagus.

Acts 17:33 · BSB

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Acts 17:34

But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.

Acts 17:34 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web16 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Acts 17:24 → Genesis 1:1, Acts 17:25 → Genesis 2:7, Acts 17:26 → Job 38:8-11, Acts 17:29 → Exodus 20:4, Acts 17:31 → Psalms 9:9
Echoes Acts 17:27 → Amos 5:4, Acts 17:28 → Genesis 1:27, Acts 17:31 → Job 19:25-27
Trajectories
Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Image of God (Priestly Vocation), Judges (Flawed Deliverers), New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City), New Moons (Renewal and Rest)
Chiasms
Shaped Acts 17:01–15, Acts 17:15–31, Acts 17:23–27
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