1 Prošavši pak Amfipolj i Apoloniju dođoše u Solun, gde beše zbornica jevrejska. 2 I Pavle po običaju svom uđe k njima, i tri subote razgovara se s njima iz pisma, 3 pokazujući i dokazujući im da je trebalo Hristos da postrada i vaskrsne iz mrtvih, i da ovaj Isus kog ja, reče, propovedam vama, jeste Hristos. 4 I neki od njih verovaše, i pristaše s Pavlom i sa Silom, i od pobožnih Grka mnoštvo veliko, i od žena gospodskih ne malo. 5 Ali tvrdovrati Jevreji zaviđahu, i uzevši neke zle ljude od prostog naroda, i sabravši četu, uzbuniše po gradu, i napadoše na kuću Jasonovu, i tražahu da ih izvedu pred narod. 6 A kad njih ne nađoše, povukoše Jasona i neke od braće pred starešine gradske vičući: Ovi što zamutiše vasioni svet dođoše i ovde, 7 koje Jason primi; i ovi svi rade protiv ćesarevih zapovesti, govoreći da ima drugi car, Isus. 8 I smutiše narod i starešine gradske koji ovo čuše. 9 Ali kad ih Jason i ostali zadovoljiše odgovorom, pustiše ih. 10 A braća odmah noću opraviše Pavla i Silu u Veriju. Došavši onamo uđoše u zbornicu jevrejsku. 11 Ovi pak behu plemenitiji od onih što žive u Solunu; oni primiše reč sa svim srcem, i svaki dan istraživahu po pismu je li to tako. 12 Tako verovaše mnogi od njih, i od poštenih grčkih žena i od ljudi ne malo. 13 A kad razabraše Jevreji solunski da Pavle u Veriji propovedi reč Božju, dođoše i onamo te uzdigoše i pobuniše narod. 14 A braća onda odmah otpraviše Pavla da ide u primorje; a Sila i Timotije ostaše onde. 15 A pratioci dovedoše Pavla do Atine: i primivši zapovest na Silu i Timotija da dođu k njemu što brže, vratiše se. 16 A kad ih Pavle čekaše u Atini, razdraži se duh njegov u njemu gledajući grad pun idola; 17 i prepiraše se s Jevrejima i bogobojaznima u zbornici, i na pazaru svaki dan s onima s kojima se udešavaše. 18 A neki od Epikurovaca i od stojičkih mudraca prepirahu se s njim; i jedni govorahu: Šta hoće ovaj besposlica? A drugi: Vidi se kao da hoće nove bogove da propoveda. Jer im propovedaše jevanđelje o Isusu i o vaskrsenju. 19 Pa ga uzeše i odvedoše na Areopag govoreći: Možemo li razumeti kakva je ta nova nauka što ti kazuješ? 20 Jer nešto novo mećeš u naše uši; hoćemo dakle da vidimo šta će to biti. 21 A Atinjani svi i putnici iz drugih zemalja ne behu nizašta drugo nego da šta novo kazuju ili slušaju. 22 A Pavle stavši nasred Areopaga reče: Ljudi Atinjani! Po svemu vas vidim da ste vrlo pobožni; 23 jer prolazeći i motreći vaše svetinje nađoh oltar na kome beše napisano: Bogu nepoznatom. Kog dakle ne znajući poštujete Onog vam ja propovedam. 24 Bog koji je stvorio svet i sve što je u njemu, On budući Gospodar neba i zemlje, ne živi u rukotvorenim crkvama, 25 niti prima ugađanja od ruku čovečijih, kao da bi Onome trebalo šta koji sam daje svima život i dihanje i sve. 26 I učinio je da od jedne krvi sav rod čovečiji živi po svemu licu zemaljskom, i postavio je unapred određena vremena i međe njihovog življenja: 27 Da traže Gospoda, ne bi li Ga barem opipali i našli, premda nije daleko ni od jednog nas. 28 Jer kroz Njega živimo, i mičemo se, i jesmo; kao što i neki od vaših pevača rekoše: Jer smo i rod Njegov. 29 Kad smo dakle rod Božji, ne treba da mislimo da je Božanstvo kao ikone zlatne ili srebrne ili kamene, koje su ljudi majstorski načinili po smišljanju svom. 30 Ne gledajući dakle Bog na vremena neznanja, sad zapoveda svima ljudima svuda da se pokaju; 31 jer je postavio dan u koji će suditi vasionom svetu po pravdi preko čoveka koga odredi, i dade svima veru vaskrsnuvši Ga iz mrtvih. 32 A kad čuše vaskrsenje iz mrtvih, onda se jedni rugahu; a jedni rekoše: Da te čujemo opet o tom. 33 Tako Pavle otide između njih. 34 A neki ljudi pristaše uza nj i verovaše; među kojima beše i Dionisije Areopagitski, i žena po imenu Damara, i drugi s njima.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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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What the Fathers said
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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)