Acts 17:22

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Acts 17:22

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

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WEB

World English Bible

Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very religious.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And Paul, having stood in [the] midst of the Areopagus, was saying, “Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you⁺ as very religious.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 17

²⁰ For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

²¹ Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

²² Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

²³ For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

²⁴ The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

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