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Acts 17 Summary
Paul at Athens: The Unknown God
Paul preaches in Athens where philosophers engage him. He observes an inscription TO AN UNKNOWN GOD and declares: the God who made the world does not live in temples made by human hands. He has set a day for judging the world by the man he has appointed, raising him from the dead. Some mock; some believe.
Key themes
Key verses
Acts 17:24-25
“God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”
Acts 17:30-31
“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because 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.”
Acts 17:34
“Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.”
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