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Acts 17:16-28 (AMP)
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16 Now while Paul was awaiting them at Athens, his spirit was grieved and roused to anger as he saw that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned and argued in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped there, and in the marketplace day after day with any who chanced to be there. 18 And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him and began to engage in discussion. And some said, What is this babbler with his scrap-heap learning trying to say? Others said, He seems to be an announcer of foreign deities--because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus , saying, May we know what this novel (unheard of and unprecedented) teaching is which you are openly declaring? 20 For you set forth some startling things, foreign and strange to our ears; we wish to know therefore just what these things mean-- 21 For the Athenians, all of them, and the foreign residents and visitors among them spent all their leisure time in nothing except telling or hearing something newer than the last-- 22 So Paul, standing in the center of the Areopagus , said: Men of Athens, I perceive in every way that you are most religious or very reverent to demons. 23 For as I passed along and carefully observed your objects of worship, I came also upon an altar with this inscription, To the unknown god. Now what you are already worshiping as unknown, this I set forth to you. 24 The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines. 25 Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Whogives life and breath and all things to all . 26 And He made from one all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes), 27 So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us. 28 For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your poets have said, For we are also His offspring.
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) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 17) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 17) Power of Gratitude - Uncommon Peace (2008-02-26)
(v. 18) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 18) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 19) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 19) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 20) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 20) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 21) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 21) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 22) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 22) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 23) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 23) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 24) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 24) Becoming a Chain Breaker (part I) (2013-07-01)
(v. 24) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 24) God Is (part V) (2011-03-24)
(v. 25) Fearing God - His rule (2011-08-24)
(v. 25) God Is (part V) (2011-03-24)
(v. 25) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 25) Becoming a Chain Breaker (part I) (2013-07-01)
(v. 25) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 26) Prayer of the Righeous - God is Running (2012-10-01)
(v. 26) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 26) Becoming a Chain Breaker (part I) (2013-07-01)
(v. 26) Genesis 2 - Creation & Recreation Recap (2011-10-02)
(v. 26) Purpose Driven Life - Becoming a World-Class Christian (part 2) (2008-07-16)
(v. 26) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
(v. 26) Mission - Cannot Help Proclaiming (part II) (2010-12-08)
(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. 27) Prayer of the Righeous - More Powerful Than We Can Imagine (part I) (2013-03-03)
(v. 27) Prayer of the Righeous - God is Running (2012-10-01)
(v. 27) Mission - Cannot Help Proclaiming (part II) (2010-12-08)
(v. 27) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 27) Becoming a Chain Breaker (part I) (2013-07-01)
(v. 28) Day 16 - Saved to Save (2011-12-19)
(v. 28) Seeking God (part I) (2010-12-11)
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):
