1Having passed throughδὲτὴνAmphipolisκαὶτὴνApollonia,ἦλθονεἰςThessalonica,ὅπουἦνσυναγωγὴτῶνἸουδαίων.2κατὰδὲτὸcustomτῷΠαύλῳεἰσῆλθενπρὸςαὐτοὺςκαὶἐπὶσάββατατρίαhe reasonedαὐτοῖςἀπὸτῶνScriptures,3openingκαὶsetting forthὅτιτὸνΧριστὸνit behoovedto have suffered,καὶἀναστῆναιἐκνεκρῶνκαὶὅτιΟὗτόςἐστινὁΧριστόςὁἸησοῦςὃνἐγὼpreachὑμῖν.4καίτινεςἐξαὐτῶνἐπείσθησανκαὶjoined themselvesτῷΠαύλῳκαὶτῷto Silas,τῶντεworshippingGreeksa multitudeπολὺ,γυναικῶντετῶνπρώτωνοὐκa few.5Having become jealousδὲοἱἸουδαῖοικαὶhaving taken to themτῶνmarket-loungersἄνδραςτινὰςπονηροὺςκαὶhaving collected a crowd,they set in uproarτὴνπόλινκαὶhaving assailedτῇοἰκίᾳof Jason,ἐζήτουναὐτοὺςto bring outεἰςτὸνpeople.6μὴεὑρόντεςδὲαὐτοὺςthey draggedJasonκαίτιναςἀδελφοὺςἐπὶτοὺςcity authorities,crying outὅτιΟἱτὴνworldhaving upset,οὗτοικαὶhereare come,7οὓςhas receivedJason.καὶοὗτοιπάντεςcontrary toτῶνdecreesof Caesardo,βασιλέαἕτερονλέγοντεςεἶναιἸησοῦν.8They stirred upδὲτὸνὄχλονκαὶτοὺςcity authorities,ἀκούονταςταῦτα,9καὶλαβόντεςτὸsecurityπαρὰτοῦJasonκαὶτῶνrest,ἀπέλυσαναὐτούς.10Οἱδὲἀδελφοὶεὐθέωςδιὰνυκτὸςsent awayτόντεΠαῦλονκαὶτὸνSilasεἰςBerea,οἵτινεςhaving arrived,εἰςτὴνσυναγωγὴντῶνἸουδαίωνwent.11οὗτοιδὲἦσανmore nobleτῶνἐνThessalonica,οἵτινεςἐδέξαντοτὸνλόγονμετὰπάσηςreadiness,καθ᾽ἡμέρανexaminingτὰςScripturesεἰἔχοιταῦταοὕτως.12πολλοὶμὲνοὖνἐξαὐτῶνἐπίστευσανκαὶτῶνGrecianγυναικῶντῶνprominentκαὶἀνδρῶνοὐκa few.13ὩςδὲἔγνωσανοἱἀπὸτῆςThessalonicaἸουδαῖοιὅτικαὶἐντῇBereawas proclaimedὑπὸτοῦΠαύλουὁλόγοςτοῦΘεοῦ,ἦλθονthere also,stirring upκαὶagitatingτοὺςὄχλους.14εὐθέωςδὲτότετὸνΠαῦλονsent awayοἱἀδελφοὶπορεύεσθαιἕωςἐπὶτὴνθάλασσαν,remainedτεὅτεSilasκαὶὁTimothyἐκεῖ.15οἱδὲescortingτὸνΠαῦλονἤγαγονἕωςAthens;καὶλαβόντεςἐντολὴνπρὸςτὸνSilasκαὶτὸνTimothyἵναὡςquickly as possibleἔλθωσινπρὸςαὐτὸνthey departed.16ἘνδὲταῖςAthens,waiting forαὐτοὺςτοῦΠαύλουwas provokedτὸπνεῦμααὐτοῦἐναὐτῷθεωροῦντοςutterly idolatrousοὖσαντὴνπόλιν.17He was reasoningμὲνοὖνἐντῇσυναγωγῇτοῖςἸουδαίοιςκαὶτοῖςworshiping,καὶἐντῇmarketplaceκατὰπᾶσανἡμέρανπρὸςτοὺςmeeting him.18ΤινὲςδὲκαὶτῶνEpicureansκαὶStoics,philosophers,encounteredαὐτῷ,καίτινεςἔλεγον·Τίἂνθέλοιὁbabblerοὗτοςλέγειν;οἱδέ·Of foreignδαιμονίωνδοκεῖa proclaimerεἶναι,ὅτιτὸνἸησοῦνκαὶτὴνresurrectionεὐηγγελίζετο.19Having taken holdτεαὐτοῦἐπὶτὸνAresHillἤγαγονλέγοντες·Δυνάμεθαγνῶναιτίςἡnewαὕτηἡὑπὸσοῦλαλουμένηteaching?20Strange thingsγάρτιναyou are bringingεἰςτὰςearsἡμῶν·We resolveοὖνγνῶναιτίναθέλειταῦταεἶναι.21The Atheniansδὲπάντεςκαὶοἱvisitingstrangers,εἰςοὐδὲνἕτερονspent their timeἢλέγειντιἢἀκούειντιnew.22ΣταθεὶςδὲὁΠαῦλοςἐνμέσῳτοῦAresHill,ἔφη·ἌνδρεςAthenians,κατὰπάνταὡςvery religiousὑμᾶςθεωρῶ.23Passing throughγὰρκαὶbeholdingτὰobjects of worshipὑμῶνεὗρονκαὶan altarἐνᾧhad been inscribed:To an unknownΘΕΩ.Ὃοὖνnot knowingyou worship,τοῦτοἐγὼproclaimὑμῖν.24ὉΘεὸςὁποιήσαςτὸνκόσμονκαὶπάντατὰἐναὐτῷ,οὗτοςοὐρανοῦκαὶγῆςὑπάρχωνΚύριοςοὐκἐνhand-madetemplesdwells,25οὐδὲὑπὸχειρῶνof menis He served,as needingτινος,αὐτὸςδιδοὺςπᾶσιζωὴνκαὶbreath,καὶτὰπάντα·26ἐποίησέντεἐξἑνὸςπᾶνἔθνοςἀνθρώπωνto dwellἐπὶπαντὸςπροσώπουτῆςγῆς,having determinedthe appointedκαιροὺςκαὶτὰςboundariesτῆςhabitationαὐτῶν27ζητεῖντὸνΘεὸν,εἰperhapsindeedthey might palpate forαὐτὸνκαὶεὕροιεν,καίindeed,οὐfarἀπὸἑνὸςἑκάστουἡμῶνὑπάρχοντα.28Ἐναὐτῷγὰρζῶμενκαὶmoveκαὶἐσμέν,ὡςκαίτινεςτῶνκαθ᾽ὑμᾶςpoetsεἰρήκασιν·¬Τοῦγὰρκαὶoffspringἐσμέν.29OffspringοὖνὑπάρχοντεςτοῦΘεοῦοὐκwe oughtto considerto gold,ἢto silver,ἢλίθῳ,a graven thing,of craftκαὶimaginationἀνθρώπου,τὸDivine Beingεἶναιlike.30Τοὺςμὲνοὖνχρόνουςτῆςof ignorancehaving overlookedὁΘεὸς,τὰνῦνHe commandsτοῖςἀνθρώποιςπάνταςeverywhereto repent,31becauseἔστησενἡμέρανἐνᾗμέλλεικρίνειντὴνworldἐνδικαιοσύνῃ,ἐνἀνδρὶᾧHe appointed,πίστινhaving providedπᾶσινἀναστήσαςαὐτὸνἐκνεκρῶν.32Ἀκούσαντεςδὲa resurrectionνεκρῶνοἱμὲνbegan to mock him;οἱδὲεἶπαν·Ἀκουσόμεθάσουπερὶτούτουκαὶπάλιν.33οὕτωςὁΠαῦλοςἐξῆλθενἐκμέσουαὐτῶν.34τινὲςδὲἄνδρεςhaving joined themselvesαὐτῷἐπίστευσαν,ἐνοἷςκαὶwere DionysiusὁAreopagite,καὶγυνὴὀνόματιDamaris,καὶἕτεροισὺναὐτοῖς.Tap a word to flip it. Press and hold on mobile, or right-click on desktop, for word settings.
