Acts 17 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

1Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

2Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

2As usual, Paul entered there and on three Sabbaths discussed the Scriptures with them.

3explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.”

3He explained and showed them that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: "This very Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah."

4And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.

4Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.

5But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

5But the Jewish leaders became jealous, and they took some contemptible characters who used to hang out in the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the people.

6But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.

6When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, "These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too,

7Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”

7and Jason has welcomed them as his guests. All of them oppose the emperor's decrees by saying that there is another king—Jesus!"

8And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.

8The crowd and the city officials were upset when they heard this,

9So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

9but after they had gotten a bond from Jason and the others, they let them go.

10Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

10That night the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

11These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

11These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.

12Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.

12Many of them believed, including a large number of prominent Greek women and men.

13But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.

13But when the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul also in Berea, they went there to upset and incite the crowds.

14Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.

14Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.

15So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.

15The men who escorted Paul took him all the way to Athens and, after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left.

16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols.

16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply disturbed to see the city full of idols.

17Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there.

17So he began holding discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and other worshipers, as well as every day in the public square with anyone who happened to be there.

18Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, "What is this blabbermouth trying to say?" while others said, "He seems to be preaching about foreign gods." This was because Paul was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

19And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?

19Then they took him, brought him before the Areopagus, and asked, "May we know what this new teaching of yours is?

20For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”

20It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means."

21For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

21Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.

22Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;

22So Paul stood up in front of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way.

23for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you:

23For as I was walking around and looking closely at the objects you worship, I even found an altar with this written on it: 'To an unknown god.' So I am telling you about the unknown object you worship.

24God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.

24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn't live in shrines made by human hands,

25Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

25and he isn't served by people as if he needed anything. He himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else.

26And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

26From one man he made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth, fixing the seasons of the year and the national boundaries within which they live,

27so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

27so that they might look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us.

28for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

28For we live, move, and exist because of him, as some of your own poets have said: '…Since we are his children, too.'

29Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.

29So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill.

30Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,

30Though God has overlooked those times of ignorance, he now commands everyone everywhere to repent,

31because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

31because he has set a day when he is going to judge the world with justice through a man whom he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead."

32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter.”

32When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, "We will hear you again about this."

33So Paul departed from among them.

33And so Paul left the meeting.

34However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

34Some men joined him and became believers. With them were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and some others along with them.

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