Acts 17

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1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:27 cross-references: Philippians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:1, Acts 20:4, 2 Timothy 4:10
2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,38 cross-references: Acts 9:20, Acts 14:1, Acts 18:4, Acts 13:5, Acts 17:17
3Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.29 cross-references: Acts 18:28, Luke 24:32, Acts 9:22, Luke 24:46, 1 Thessalonians 1:5–6
4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.41 cross-references: Acts 17:12, Acts 13:43, Acts 14:4, Acts 13:50, Acts 28:24
5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.55 cross-references: Galatians 5:26, Acts 17:13, Galatians 5:21, 1 Thessalonians 2:14–16, Acts 14:2
6And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;34 cross-references: Acts 24:5, Acts 16:19–21, Acts 28:22, Luke 23:5, Acts 21:28–31
7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.12 cross-references: Luke 23:2, Acts 16:21, John 19:12, Daniel 6:13, 1 Peter 2:15
8And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.3 cross-references: John 11:48, Matthew 2:3
9And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.1 cross-reference: Acts 17:5
10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.25 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 2:2, Acts 17:13–14, Acts 17:2, Acts 20:4, Acts 9:25
11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.70 cross-references: Isaiah 34:16, Proverbs 2:1–5, John 5:39, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Peter 1:10–12
12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.15 cross-references: Ephesians 5:14, Acts 13:50, Acts 14:1, 1 Corinthians 1:26, Acts 17:2–4
13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.28 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 2:14–16, Matthew 23:13, Proverbs 28:25, Acts 21:27, Acts 6:12
14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.23 cross-references: Acts 17:10, Matthew 10:23, Acts 9:30, Acts 9:25, Acts 16:1
15And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.15 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 3:1, Acts 18:5, Acts 18:1, 2 Timothy 4:10–11, Acts 17:16
16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.28 cross-references: Psalms 119:158, Psalms 119:136, 2 Peter 2:7, Exodus 32:19–20, Job 32:18–20
17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.27 cross-references: Mark 16:15, Acts 13:16, Proverbs 8:34, Acts 17:2–4, Luke 12:3
18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.43 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 1:20–21, Colossians 2:8, Luke 11:53, Acts 4:2, 1 Corinthians 4:10
19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?13 cross-references: Mark 1:27, Acts 17:22, Acts 25:22, John 13:34, Acts 24:24
20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.17 cross-references: 1 Peter 4:4, 1 Corinthians 1:23, Hosea 8:12, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 1:18
21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)10 cross-references: 2 Timothy 2:16–17, Ephesians 5:16, Colossians 4:5, 1 Timothy 5:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:11–12
22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.9 cross-references: Acts 25:19, Acts 19:35, Acts 17:16, Jeremiah 50:38, Jeremiah 10:2–3
23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.42 cross-references: Galatians 4:8–9, John 4:22, John 17:3, John 17:25, Acts 17:30
24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;51 cross-references: 1 Kings 8:27, Deuteronomy 10:14, Acts 7:48, Isaiah 66:1, 2 Chronicles 6:18
25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;43 cross-references: Psalms 50:8–13, Genesis 2:7, Acts 17:28, Romans 11:35, Isaiah 42:5
26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;54 cross-references: Deuteronomy 32:7–8, Genesis 3:20, Romans 5:12–19, Malachi 2:10, 1 Corinthians 15:22
27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:10 cross-references: Jeremiah 23:23–24, Deuteronomy 4:7, Acts 14:17, Romans 1:20, Psalms 19:1–6
28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.29 cross-references: Job 12:10, Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:3, Psalms 36:9, Luke 20:38
29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.33 cross-references: Isaiah 40:25, Exodus 20:4, Psalms 115:4–8, Habakkuk 2:19–20, Isaiah 46:5–6
30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:72 cross-references: Acts 14:16, Titus 2:11–12, Luke 24:47, 1 Peter 4:3, Romans 3:25
31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.79 cross-references: Matthew 25:31–46, Romans 2:16, 2 Peter 3:7, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Psalms 98:9
32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.45 cross-references: Acts 17:18, Acts 26:8, Acts 2:13, Acts 25:19, Acts 24:25
33So Paul departed from among them.
34Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.16 cross-references: Acts 17:19, Romans 11:5–6, Acts 13:48, Acts 17:4, Acts 17:22

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Not contained in temples 1 Kings 8:27 and Acts 17:24
At the temple's dedication Solomon admits heaven itself cannot contain God, much less a house. Paul tells the Athenians the same: the Lord of heaven and earth does not live in shrines made by hands.

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