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Acts 17:16-34 (NET)
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16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols. 17 So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there. 18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) 19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming? 20 For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean." 21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.) 22 So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects. 23 For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an unknown god.' Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone. 26 From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, 27 so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28 For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.' 29 So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination. 30 Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead." 32 Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, "We will hear you again about this." 33 So Paul left the Areopagus. 34 But some people joined him and believed. Among them were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 21) Laziness - Athenians - did nothing but talk
(v. 22) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Religious but God is still unknown
(v. 23) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Religious but God is still unknown
(v. 24) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Religious but God is still unknown
(v. 25) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Religious but God is still unknown
(v. 26) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Religious but God is still unknown
(v. 27) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Religious but God is still unknown
This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 16) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 16) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 17) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 17) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 17) Power of Gratitude - Uncommon Peace (2008-02-26)
(v. 18) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 18) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 19) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 19) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 20) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 20) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 21) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 21) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 22) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 22) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 23) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 23) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 24) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 24) Becoming a Chain Breaker (part I) (2013-07-01)
(v. 24) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 24) God Is (part V) (2011-03-24)
(v. 25) God Is (part V) (2011-03-24)
(v. 25) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 25) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 25) Becoming a Chain Breaker (part I) (2013-07-01)
(v. 25) Fearing God - His rule (2011-08-24)
(v. 26) Prayer of the Righeous - God is Running (2012-10-01)
(v. 26) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 26) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 26) Becoming a Chain Breaker (part I) (2013-07-01)
(v. 26) Mission - Cannot Help Proclaiming (part II) (2010-12-08)
(v. 26) Purpose Driven Life - Becoming a World-Class Christian (part 2) (2008-07-16)
(v. 26) Genesis 2 - Creation & Recreation Recap (2011-10-02)
(v. 27) Prayer of the Righeous - God is Running (2012-10-01)
(v. 27) Prayer of the Righeous - More Powerful Than We Can Imagine (part I) (2013-03-03)
(v. 27) Mission - Cannot Help Proclaiming (part II) (2010-12-08)
(v. 27) Becoming a Chain Breaker (part I) (2013-07-01)
(v. 27) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 27) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 27) Purpose Driven Life - Becoming a World-Class Christian (part 2) (2008-07-16)
(v. 28) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 28) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 29) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 30) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 30) Repentance - The Prophets (part 2) (2009-10-31)
(v. 31) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 32) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 33) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 34) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 24) Sermon: 7 Qualities of God (2000-01-01)
(v. 24) Sermon: With God (2013-07-28)
(v. 25) Sermon: With God (2013-07-28)
(v. 26) Sermon: With God (2013-07-28)
(v. 27) Sermon: With God (2013-07-28)
(v. 28) Sermon: With God (2013-07-28)
Definition(s):
Areopagus (Ar-e-op-a-guss): the hill of Mars
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
So (Soh):
