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Acts 17

Paul reasons from Scripture in Thessalonica that Christ had to suffer and rise and that Jesus is the Christ. Opposition forces the team to Berea, where hearers are called noble because they receive the word readily and search the Scriptures daily. In Athens Paul is stirred by idolatry, reasons in synagogue and marketplace, and addresses the Areopagus by proclaiming the Creator, human dependence, the call to turn from idolatry, coming judgment, and the resurrected Man appointed by God.

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Paul reasons from Scripture in Thessalonica that Christ had to suffer and rise and that Jesus is the Christ. Opposition forces the team to Berea, where hearers are called noble because they receive the word readily and search the Scriptures daily. In Athens Paul is stirred by idolatry, reasons in synagogue and marketplace, and addresses the Areopagus by proclaiming the Creator, human dependence, the call to turn from idolatry, coming judgment, and the resurrected Man appointed by God.

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Verses 1–9Paul reasons from Scripture in Thessalonica and faces mob oppositionVerses 10–15The Bereans receive the word readily and search the Scriptures dailyVerses 16–21Paul observes Athens and reasons with Jews, devout people, and philosophersVerses 22–34Paul proclaims the unknown God, creation, repentance, judgment, and the resurrection
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1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they…2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them,…3Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and…4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and…5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took…6And when they found them not, they drew Jason and…7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to…8And they troubled the people and the rulers of the…9And when they had taken security of Jason, and of…10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by…11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that…12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which…13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the…14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go…15And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and…16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit…17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and…18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,…19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying,…20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we…21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent…22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and…23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I…24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing…25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed…26And hath made of one blood all nations of men…27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might…28For in him we live, and move, and have our…29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we…30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but…31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he…32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,…33So Paul departed from among them.34Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the…