Acts 第17章
Paul and Silas in Thessalonica
1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to 17:1 ch. 20:4; Phil. 4:16; 1 Thess. 1:1Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
2And Paul went in, 17:2 See ch. 13:5as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them 17:2 See ch. 8:35from the Scriptures,
317:3 Luke 24:26, 32explaining and proving that it was necessary for 17:3 See ch. 3:18the Christ to suffer and 17:3 See John 20:9to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
4And 17:4 [1 Thess. 2:1, 2]; See ch. 14:4some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did 17:4 ver. 12a great many of the devout 17:4 See John 7:35Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
517:5 1 Thess. 2:14-16; See ch. 13:50But the Jews17:5 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 1317:5 See ch. 5:17were jealous, and taking 17:5 [Judg. 9:4; 11:3; 2 Chr. 13:7]some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.
6And when they could not find them, 17:6 ch. 16:19-21they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
7and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against 17:7 ch. 16:4; Luke 2:1the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is 17:7 See Luke 23:2another king, Jesus.”
8And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.
9And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Paul and Silas in Berea
1017:10 ver. 14; See John 21:23The brothers17:10 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 14 immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they 17:10 ver. 2went into the Jewish synagogue.
11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, 17:11 [Isa. 34:16; John 5:39]examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
1217:12 ver. 4Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek 17:12 ch. 13:50women of high standing as well as men.
13But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, 17:13 ver. 8agitating and stirring up the crowds.
14Then the brothers 17:14 ver. 10; See Matt. 10:23immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and 17:14 See ch. 16:1Timothy remained there.
1517:15 [ch. 15:3] Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as 17:15 ch. 18:1; 1 Thess. 3:1Athens, and after receiving a command 17:15 ch. 18:5for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
Paul in Athens
16Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was 17:16 [2 Pet. 2:8] provoked within him as he saw that the city was 17:16 [Isa. 2:8]full of idols.
17So 17:17 See ch. 13:5he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, 17:18 [1 Cor. 4:10] “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because 17:18 See ch. 5:42he was preaching 17:18 ver. 31, 32; ch. 4:2; [1 Cor. 15:12]Jesus and the resurrection.
19And they took him and brought him to 17:19 ver. 22; [ver. 34]the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this 17:19 Mark 1:27; [John 7:16; Heb. 13:9]new teaching is that you are presenting?
20For you bring some 17:20 1 Pet. 4:4, 12; [Hos. 8:12]strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.”
21Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.
Paul Addresses the Areopagus
22So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
23For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 17:23 [John 4:22; 1 Cor. 15:34] ‘To the unknown god.’ 17:23 [John 4:22; 1 Cor. 15:34] What therefore you worship 17:23 [ver. 30]as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
2417:24 Isa. 42:5; See ch. 14:15The God who made the world and everything in it, being 17:24 Matt. 11:25; [Deut. 10:14; Ps. 115:16] Lord of heaven and earth, 17:24 See ch. 7:48does not live in temples made by man,17:24 Greek made by hands
25nor is he served by human hands, 17:25 Ps. 50:8-12; [1 Chr. 29:14, 16; Job 22:2] as though he needed anything, since he himself 17:25 1 Tim. 6:17; James 1:5, 17gives to all mankind 17:25 Gen. 2:7; 7:22; Job 33:4; [Job 27:3; Eccles. 12:7; Zech. 12:1]; See ver. 28life and breath and everything.
26And 17:26 [Gen. 3:20; Mal. 2:10] he made from one man every nation of mankind to live 17:26 Gen. 11:8; Luke 21:35on all the face of the earth, 17:26 [Job 12:23; 14:5] having determined allotted periods and 17:26 Deut. 32:8; [Ps. 74:17]the boundaries of their dwelling place,
2717:27 [ch. 15:17] that they should seek God, 17:27 [Job 23:3, 8, 9] and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. 17:27 [Deut. 4:7; Ps. 145:18; Jer. 23:23, 24]; See ch. 14:17Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,
28for
17:28 Job 12:10; Dan. 5:23; [Heb. 2:11] “‘In him we live and move and have our being’;17:28 Probably from Epimenides of Crete
as even some of 17:28 [Titus 1:12]your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’17:28 From Aratus’s poem “Phainomena”
2917:29 [Luke 3:38; Heb. 12:9] Being then God’s offspring, 17:29 Isa. 40:18, 19, 25; 46:5; [Rom. 1:23]we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
3017:30 Eph. 4:18; 1 Pet. 1:14; [ver. 23] The times of ignorance 17:30 [Rom. 3:25]; See ch. 14:16God overlooked, but 17:30 [Mark 1:15; Titus 2:11, 12; 1 Pet. 4:3] now he 17:30 Mark 6:12commands all people everywhere to repent,
31because he has fixed 17:31 Matt. 12:36; Rom. 2:16; 1 Cor. 3:13; 2 Pet. 2:9; 1 John 4:17; [Isa. 2:12] a day on which 17:31 2 Tim. 4:8; See ch. 10:42he will judge the world 17:31 Ps. 9:8; 96:13; 98:9; 1 Pet. 2:23; [Rom. 3:6] in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and 17:31 [John 16:10, 11; Rom. 1:4] of this he has given assurance to all 17:31 See ch. 2:24by raising him from the dead.”
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