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Acts 17:1 (GW)
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Paul and Silas traveled through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to the city of Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue.

Acts 17:2 (GW)
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As usual, Paul went into the synagogue. On three consecutive days of rest—holy days, he had discussions about Scripture with the synagogue members.

Acts 17:3 (GW)
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He explained and showed them that the Messiah had to suffer, die, and come back to life, and that Jesus, the person he talked about, was this Messiah.

Acts 17:4 (GW)
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Some of the Jews were persuaded to join Paul and Silas, especially a large group of Greeks who had converted to Judaism and the wives of many prominent men.

Acts 17:5 (GW)
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Then the Jews became jealous. They took some low-class characters who hung around 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 crowd.

Acts 17:6 (GW)
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When they didn’t find Paul and Silas, they dragged Jason and some other believers in front of the city officials. They shouted, “Those men who have made trouble all over the world are now here in Thessalonica,

Acts 17:7 (GW)
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and Jason has welcomed them as his guests. All of them oppose the emperor’s decrees by saying that there is another king, whose name is Jesus.”

Acts 17:8 (GW)
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The crowd and the officials were upset when they heard this.

Acts 17:9 (GW)
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But after they had made Jason and the others post bond, they let them go.

Acts 17:10 (GW)
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Immediately when night came, the believers sent Paul and Silas to the city of Berea. When Paul and Silas arrived in the city of Berea, they entered the synagogue.

Acts 17:11 (GW)
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The people of Berea were more open-minded than the people of Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive God’s message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if what Paul said was true.

Acts 17:12 (GW)
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Many of them became believers, and quite a number of them were prominent Greek men and women.

Acts 17:13 (GW)
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But when the Jews in Thessalonica found out that Paul was also spreading God’s word in Berea, they went there to upset and confuse the people.

Acts 17:14 (GW)
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The believers immediately sent Paul to the seacoast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.

Acts 17:15 (GW)
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The men who escorted Paul took him all the way to the city of Athens. When the men left Athens, they took instructions back to Silas and Timothy to join Paul as soon as possible.

Acts 17:16 (GW)
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While Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens, he saw that the city had statues of false gods everywhere. This upset him.

Acts 17:17 (GW)
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He held discussions in the synagogue with Jews and converts to Judaism. He also held discussions every day in the public square with anyone who happened to be there.

Acts 17:18 (GW)
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Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers had discussions with him. Some asked, “What is this babbling fool trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be speaking about foreign gods.” The philosophers said these things because Paul was telling the Good News about Jesus and saying that people would come back to life.

Acts 17:19 (GW)
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Then they brought Paul to the city court, the Areopagus, and asked, “Could you tell us these new ideas that you’re teaching?

Acts 17:20 (GW)
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Some of the things you say sound strange to us. So we would like to know what they mean.”

Acts 17:21 (GW)
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Everyone who lived in Athens looked for opportunities to tell or hear something new and unusual.

Acts 17:22 (GW)
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Paul stood in the middle of the court and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious.

Acts 17:23 (GW)
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As I was going through your city and looking closely at the objects you worship, I noticed an altar with this written on it: ‘To an unknown god.’ I’m telling you about the unknown god you worship.

Acts 17:24 (GW)
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The God who made the universe and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn’t live in shrines made by humans,

Acts 17:25 (GW)
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and he isn’t served by humans as if he needed anything. He gives everyone life, breath, and everything they have.

Acts 17:26 (GW)
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From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live.

Acts 17:27 (GW)
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He has done this so that they would look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. In fact, he is never far from any one of us.

Acts 17:28 (GW)
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Certainly, we live, move, and exist because of him. As some of your poets have said, ‘We are God’s children.’

Acts 17:29 (GW)
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So if we are God’s children, we shouldn’t think that the divine being is like an image made from gold, silver, or stone, an image that is the product of human imagination and skill.

Acts 17:30 (GW)
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“God overlooked the times when people didn’t know any better. But now he commands everyone everywhere to turn to him and change the way they think and act.

Acts 17:31 (GW)
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He has set a day when he is going to judge the world with justice, and he will use a man he has appointed to do this. God has given proof to everyone that he will do this by bringing that man back to life.”

Acts 17:32 (GW)
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When the people of the court heard that a person had come back to life, some began joking about it, while others said, “We’ll hear you talk about this some other time.”

Acts 17:33 (GW)
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With this response, Paul left the court.

Acts 17:34 (GW)
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Some men joined him and became believers. With them were Dionysius, who was a member of the court, and a woman named Damaris, and some other people.

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