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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Прешє́дша же а҆мфїпо́ль и҆ а҆поллѡ́нїю, внидо́ста въ солꙋ́нь, и҆дѣ́же бѣ̀ со́нмище і҆ꙋде́йское.
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 По ѡ҆бы́чаю же своемꙋ̀ па́ѵелъ вни́де къ ни̑мъ и҆ по сꙋббѡ̑ты трѝ стѧза́шесѧ съ ни́ми ѿ писа́нїй,
2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 сказꙋ́ѧ и҆ предлага́ѧ и҆̀мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ хрⷭ҇тꙋ̀ подоба́ше пострада́ти и҆ воскрⷭ҇нꙋти ѿ ме́ртвыхъ, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ се́й і҆и҃съ, є҆го́же а҆́зъ проповѣ́дꙋю ва́мъ, є҆́сть хрⷭ҇то́съ.
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
4 И҆ нѣ́цыи ѿ ни́хъ вѣ́роваша и҆ приложи́шасѧ къ па́ѵлꙋ и҆ сі́лѣ, ѿ чести́выхъ є҆́ллинъ мно́жество мно́го и҆ ѿ же́нъ благоро́дныхъ не ма́лѡ.
4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
5 Возревнова́вше же непоко́ршїисѧ і҆ꙋде́є и҆ прїе́мше крамо́льники нѣ̑кїѧ мꙋ́жы ѕлы̑ѧ, и҆ собра́вше наро́дъ, мо́лвѧхꙋ по гра́дꙋ: наше́дше же на до́мъ і҆ассо́новъ, и҆ска́хꙋ и҆̀хъ и҆звестѝ къ наро́дꙋ.
5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
6 Не ѡ҆брѣ́тше же и҆́хъ, влеча́хꙋ і҆ассо́на и҆ нѣ̑кїѧ ѿ бра́тїй ко градонача́льникѡмъ, вопїю́ще, ꙗ҆́кѡ, и҆̀же разврати́ша вселе́ннꙋю, сі́и и҆ здѣ̀ прїидо́ша,
6 When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
7 и҆̀хже прїѧ́тъ і҆ассо́нъ: и҆ сі́и всѝ проти́внѡ велѣ́нїємъ ке́сарєвымъ творѧ́тъ, цр҃ѧ̀ глаго́люще и҆но́го бы́ти, і҆и҃са.
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
8 Смѧто́ша же наро́дъ и҆ градонача́льники слы́шащыѧ сїѧ̑:
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
9 взе́мше же дово́льное ѿ і҆ассо́на и҆ ѿ про́чихъ, ѿпꙋсти́ша и҆̀хъ.
9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Бра́тїѧ же а҆́бїе въ нощѝ ѿсла́ша па́ѵла и҆ сі́лꙋ въ бе́рїю: и҆̀же пришє́дша, и҆до́ста въ собо́ръ і҆ꙋде́йскїй.
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
11 Сі́и же бѧ́хꙋ благоро́днѣйши живꙋ́щихъ въ солꙋ́ни, и҆̀же прїѧ́ша сло́во со всѣ́мъ ᲂу҆се́рдїемъ, по всѧ̑ дни̑ разсꙋжда́юще писа̑нїѧ, а҆́ще сꙋ́ть сїѧ̑ та́кѡ.
11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
12 Мно́зи ᲂу҆̀бо ѿ ни́хъ вѣ́роваша, и҆ ѿ є҆́ллинскихъ же́нъ благоѡбра́зныхъ и҆ мꙋже́й не ма́лѡ.
12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
13 И҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆вѣ́даша и҆̀же ѿ солꙋ́нѧ і҆ꙋде́є, ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆ въ бе́рїи проповѣ́дасѧ ѿ па́ѵла сло́во бж҃їе, прїидо́ша и҆ та́мѡ дви́жꙋще и҆ смꙋща́юще наро́ды.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
14 А҆́бїе же тогда̀ бра́тїѧ ѿпꙋсти́ша па́ѵла и҆тѝ на помо́рїе: ѡ҆ста́ста же сі́ла и҆ тїмоѳе́й та́мѡ.
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
15 Провожда́ющїи же па́ѵла ведо́ша є҆го̀ да́же до а҆ѳи́нъ, и҆ прїе́мше за́повѣдь къ сі́лѣ и҆ тїмоѳе́ю, да ꙗ҆́кѡ скорѣ́е прїи́дꙋтъ къ немꙋ̀, и҆зыдо́ша.
15 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
16 Во а҆ѳи́нѣхъ же ждꙋ́щꙋ и҆́хъ па́ѵлꙋ, раздража́шесѧ дꙋ́хъ є҆гѡ̀ въ не́мъ зрѧ́щемъ і҆́дѡлъ по́лнъ сꙋ́щь гра́дъ.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
17 Стѧза́шесѧ же ᲂу҆̀бо на со́нмищи со і҆ꙋдє́и и҆ съ чести́выми, и҆ на то́ржищи по всѧ̑ дни̑ съ приключа́ющимисѧ.
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
18 Нѣ́цыи же ѿ є҆пїкꙋ̑ръ и҆ ѿ стѡ́їкъ фїлосѡ́фъ стѧза́хꙋсѧ съ ни́мъ: и҆ нѣ́цыи глаго́лахꙋ: что̀ ᲂу҆́бѡ хо́щетъ сꙋесло́вивый се́й глаго́лати; И҆ні́и же: чꙋжди́хъ богѡ́въ мни́тсѧ проповѣ́дникъ бы́ти: ꙗ҆́кѡ і҆и҃са и҆ воскрⷭ҇нїе благовѣствова́ше и҆̀мъ.
18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
19 Пое́мше же є҆го̀, ведо́ша на а҆реопа́гъ, глаго́люще: мо́жемъ ли разꙋмѣ́ти, что̀ но́вое сїѐ глаго́лемое тобо́ю ᲂу҆ч҃нїе;
19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
20 стра̑нна бо нѣ̑каѧ влага́еши во ᲂу҆шеса̀ на̑ша: хо́щемъ ᲂу҆̀бо разꙋмѣ́ти, что̀ хотѧ́тъ сїѧ̑ бы́ти;
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 А҆ѳине́є же всѝ и҆ приходѧ́щїи стра́ннїи ни во что́же и҆́но ᲂу҆пражнѧ́хꙋсѧ, ра́звѣ глаго́лати что̀ и҆лѝ слы́шати но́вое.
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
22 Ста́въ же па́ѵелъ посредѣ̀ а҆реопа́га, речѐ: мꙋ́жїе а҆ѳине́йстїи, по всемꙋ̀ зрю̀ вы̀ а҆́ки благочести̑выѧ:
22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
23 проходѧ́ бо и҆ соглѧ́даѧ чествова̑нїѧ ва̑ша, ѡ҆брѣто́хъ и҆ ка́пище, на не́мже бѣ̀ напи́сано: невѣ́домомꙋ бг҃ꙋ. Є҆го́же ᲂу҆̀бо не вѣ́дꙋще (благолѣ́пнѣ) чтетѐ, сего̀ а҆́зъ проповѣ́дꙋю ва́мъ.
23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
24 Бг҃ъ сотвори́вый мі́ръ и҆ всѧ̑, ꙗ҆̀же въ не́мъ, се́й нб҃сѐ и҆ землѝ гдⷭ҇ь сы́й, не въ рꙋкотворе́нныхъ хра́мѣхъ живе́тъ,
24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
25 ни ѿ рꙋ́къ человѣ́ческихъ ᲂу҆гождє́нїѧ прїе́млетъ, тре́бꙋѧ что̀, са́мъ даѧ̀ всѣ̑мъ живо́тъ и҆ дыха́нїе и҆ всѧ̑:
25 He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
26 сотвори́лъ же є҆́сть ѿ є҆ди́ныѧ кро́ве ве́сь ꙗ҆зы́къ человѣ́чь, жи́ти по всемꙋ̀ лицꙋ̀ земно́мꙋ, ᲂу҆ста́вивъ пред̾ꙋчинє́наѧ времена̀ и҆ предѣ́лы селе́нїѧ и҆́хъ,
26 He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,
27 взыска́ти гдⷭ҇а, да понѐ ѡ҆сѧ́жꙋтъ є҆го̀ и҆ ѡ҆брѧ́щꙋтъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ не дале́че ѿ є҆ди́нагѡ коегѡ́ждо на́съ сꙋ́ща:
27 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
28 ѡ҆ не́мъ бо живе́мъ и҆ дви́жемсѧ и҆ є҆смы̀, ꙗ҆́коже и҆ нѣ́цыи ѿ ва́шихъ кни̑жникъ реко́ша: сегѡ́ бо и҆ ро́дъ є҆смы̀.
28 ‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
29 Ро́дъ ᲂу҆̀бо сꙋ́ще бж҃їй, не до́лжни є҆смы̀ непщева́ти подо́бно бы́ти бжⷭ҇тво̀ зла́тꙋ, и҆лѝ сребрꙋ̀, и҆лѝ ка́меню хꙋдо́жнѣ начерта́нꙋ, и҆ смышле́нїю человѣ́чꙋ:
29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
30 лѣ̑та ᲂу҆̀бо невѣ́дѣнїѧ презира́ѧ бг҃ъ, нн҃ѣ повелѣва́етъ человѣ́кѡмъ всѣ̑мъ всю́дꙋ пока́ѧтисѧ:
30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
31 занѐ ᲂу҆ста́вилъ є҆́сть де́нь, во́ньже хо́щетъ сꙋди́ти вселе́ннѣй въ пра́вдѣ, ѡ҆ мꙋ́жи, є҆го́же пред̾ꙋста́ви, вѣ́рꙋ подаѧ̀ всѣ̑мъ, воскр҃си́въ є҆го̀ ѿ ме́ртвыхъ.
31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
32 Слы́шавше же воскрⷭ҇нїе ме́ртвыхъ, ѻ҆́вїи ᲂу҆́бѡ рꙋга́хꙋсѧ, ѻ҆́вїи же рѣ́ша: да слы́шимъ тѧ̀ па́ки ѡ҆ се́мѣ.
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
33 И҆ та́кѡ па́ѵелъ и҆зы́де ѿ среды̀ и҆́хъ.
33 Thus Paul went out from among them.
34 Нѣ́цыи же мꙋ́жїе прилѣпи́вшесѧ є҆мꙋ̀, вѣ́роваша: въ ни́хже бѣ̀ и҆ дїонѵ́сїй а҆реопагі́тскїй, и҆ жена̀ и҆́менемъ да́марь, и҆ дрꙋзі́и съ ни́ми.
34 But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Damaris
A woman who believed after Paul's speech at Athens.
Cited in the guide: Acts 17:34
Dionysius
A member of the Areopagus council who believed after Paul's speech at Athens.
Cited in the guide: Acts 17:34
Jason
Hosted Paul and Silas at Thessalonica and was dragged before the city authorities by a mob; he is probably the Jason whom Paul calls his kinsman in Romans.
Cited in the guide: Acts 17:5; Acts 17:7; Acts 17:9
Places
Antioch (Syrian)
The empire's third-largest city and the first major Gentile church — the launching base for Paul's journeys. (Distinct from Pisidian Antioch.)
Cited in the guide: Acts 11:26; Acts 13:1-3; Galatians 2:11
Athens
The philosophical center of the Greco-Roman world. Paul engaged Stoic and Epicurean thinkers on Mars Hill (the Areopagus), reasoning toward the resurrection.
Cited in the guide: Acts 17:16; Acts 17:22
Corinth
Corinth straddled the isthmus linking mainland Greece to the Peloponnese — a hub of commerce and immorality. Paul founded the church here; a Roman bema traditionally linked to his hearing before…
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1
Ephesus
The chief city of Roman Asia, famed for the temple of Artemis. Paul's long ministry sparked the silversmiths' riot; the city is also the first addressed in Revelation.
Cited in the guide: Acts 19:1; Acts 19:28; Revelation 2:1
Philippi
A Roman colony on the Via Egnatia and the site of Paul's first European converts — a beloved church to which he later wrote from prison.
Cited in the guide: Acts 16:12; Acts 16:25; Philippians 1:1
Thessalonica
Capital of the Roman province of Macedonia and a key stop on the Via Egnatia. Paul's brief ministry produced a strong church and two of his earliest letters.
Cited in the guide: Acts 17:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; Acts 17:6
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Thessalonians 1:1; Philippians 4:16; Acts 20:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Timothy 4:10
- 2 Acts 18:4; Acts 9:20; Isaiah 1:18; Acts 17:10; Luke 4:16
- 3 Acts 18:28; Acts 9:22; Luke 24:32; 1 Thessalonians 1:5–6; Acts 3:18
- 4 Acts 17:12; Acts 13:43; Acts 14:4; Acts 15:22; Acts 13:50
- 5 Galatians 5:26; Acts 17:13; Acts 14:2; Galatians 5:21; 1 Thessalonians 2:14–16
- 6 Acts 24:5; Acts 16:19–21; Acts 28:22; Luke 23:5; Acts 21:28–31
- 7 Luke 23:2; John 19:12; Acts 16:21; Daniel 3:12; 1 Peter 2:15
- 8 John 11:48; Matthew 2:3
- 9 Acts 17:5
- 10 Acts 17:13–14; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; Acts 17:2; Acts 20:4; Acts 9:25
- 11 Isaiah 34:16; Proverbs 2:1–5; John 5:39; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Matthew 13:23
- 12 Ephesians 5:14; Acts 14:1; Acts 13:50; Acts 17:2–4; 1 Corinthians 1:26
- 13 1 Thessalonians 2:14–16; Acts 17:5; Acts 21:27; Acts 14:2; Acts 6:12
- 14 Acts 17:10; Matthew 10:23; Acts 16:1; Acts 9:25; Acts 9:30
- 15 Acts 18:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:1; Acts 18:1; 2 Timothy 4:10–11; Titus 3:12
- 16 Psalm 119:158; Psalm 119:136; Exodus 32:19–20; 2 Peter 2:7; Job 32:18–20
- 17 Acts 13:16; Acts 14:1–4; Acts 17:2–4; Acts 9:20; Matthew 5:1–2
- 18 1 Corinthians 1:20–21; Luke 11:53; 1 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 2:8; Acts 4:2
- 19 Mark 1:27; Acts 17:22; Acts 24:24; Acts 25:22; Acts 26:1
- 20 Hosea 8:12; 1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Peter 4:4
- 21 2 Timothy 2:16–17; Colossians 4:5; Ephesians 5:16; 2 Thessalonians 3:11–12; 1 Timothy 5:13
- 22 Acts 25:19; Acts 17:16; Acts 19:35; Jeremiah 10:2–3; Jeremiah 50:38
- 23 John 4:22; Galatians 4:8–9; John 17:3; John 17:25; Acts 17:30
- 24 1 Kings 8:27; Deuteronomy 10:14; Acts 7:48; Isaiah 66:1; 2 Chronicles 6:18
- 25 Psalm 50:8–13; Isaiah 42:5; Genesis 2:7; Acts 17:28; Romans 11:35
- 26 Deuteronomy 32:7–8; Genesis 3:20; Malachi 2:10; Romans 5:12–19; 1 Corinthians 15:22
- 27 Jeremiah 23:23–24; Deuteronomy 4:7; Romans 1:20; Acts 14:17; Psalm 19:1–6
- 28 Job 12:10; Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3; Psalm 36:9; Luke 20:38
- 29 Isaiah 40:25; Isaiah 46:5–6; Exodus 20:4; Psalm 115:4–8; Habakkuk 2:19–20
- 30 Acts 14:16; Titus 2:11–12; Luke 24:47; Romans 3:25; Ephesians 4:17–32
- 31 Romans 2:16; 2 Peter 3:7; Matthew 25:31–46; Psalm 9:8; Psalm 98:9
- 32 Acts 17:18; Acts 26:8; 2 Corinthians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 4:10; Acts 2:13
- 34 Acts 17:19; Romans 11:5–6; Acts 13:48; Acts 17:4; Philippians 4:22
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Again they haste past the small cities, and press on to the greater ones, since from those the word was to flow as from a fountain into the neighboring cities. "And Paul, as his manner was, went into the synagogue of the Jews." Although he had said, "We turn to the Gentiles" (ch. xiii.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
And to the Athenians Thou saidst by Thy apostle, that in Thee "we live, and move, and have our being;" as one of their own poets has said. And verily these books came from thence.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For "They," it is said, "that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also;" and again, "They preach things contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that Jesus Christ is king." And everywhere the courts of justice were preoccupied by such suspicions, and much influence from above was needed, for their showing both the truth of the doctrine …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For in Him we live and move and have our being, according to the double power of that Breathing into us; for we were all inspired by Him with breath, and as many of us as were capable of it, and in so far as we open the mouth of our mind, with God the Holy Ghost.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… of the expected appearance of the Lord from heaven the Holy Spirit will not, as some suppose, have no functions to discharge: on the contrary, even in the day of His revelation, in which the blessed and only potentate will judge the world in righteousness, the Holy Spirit will be present with Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)