Acts · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Acts 17 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Διοδεύσαντες δε την Αμφίπολιν και Απολλωνίαν, ήλθαν εις Θεσσαλονίκην, όπου ήτο η συναγωγή των Ιουδαίων.
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 Και κατά την συνήθειάν του ο Παύλος εισήλθε προς αυτούς, και τρία σάββατα διελέγετο μετ' αυτών από των γραφών,
2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 εξηγών και αποδεικνύων ότι έπρεπε να πάθη ο Χριστός και να αναστηθή εκ νεκρών και ότι ούτος είναι ο Χριστός Ιησούς, τον οποίον εγώ σας κηρύττω.
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 Και τινές εξ αυτών επείσθησαν και ηνώθησαν μετά του Παύλου και του Σίλα, και εκ των θεοσεβών Ελλήνων πολύ πλήθος και εκ των πρώτων γυναικών ουκ ολίγαι.
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 Φθονήσαντες δε οι μη πειθόμενοι Ιουδαίοι και λαβόντες μεθ' εαυτών κακούς τινάς ανθρώπους εκ των χυδαίων και οχλαγωγήσαντες, εθορύβουν την πόλιν και εφορμήσαντες εις την οικίαν του Ιάσονος, εζήτουν αυτούς διά να φέρωσιν εις τον δήμον·
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 μη ευρόντες δε αυτούς, έσυραν τον Ιάσονα και τινάς αδελφούς επί τους πολιτάρχας, βοώντες ότι οι αναστατώσαντες την οικουμένην, ούτοι ήλθον και εδώ,
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 τους οποίους υπεδέχθη ο Ιάσων· και πάντες ούτοι πράττουσιν εναντίον των προσταγμάτων του Καίσαρος, λέγοντες ότι είναι βασιλεύς άλλος, ο Ιησούς.
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
8 Ετάραξαν δε τον όχλον και τους πολιτάρχας ακούοντας ταύτα,
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
9 και λαβόντες εγγύησιν παρά του Ιάσονος και των λοιπών, απέλυσαν αυτούς.
9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Οι δε αδελφοί ευθύς διά της νυκτός εξέπεμψαν τον τε Παύλον και τον Σίλαν εις Βέροιαν, οίτινες ελθόντες υπήγον εις την συναγωγήν των Ιουδαίων.
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
11 Ούτοι δε ήσαν ευγενέστεροι παρά τους εν Θεσσαλονίκη, καθότι εδέχθησαν τον λόγον μετά πάσης προθυμίας, εξετάζοντες καθ' ημέραν τας γραφάς αν ούτως έχωσι ταύτα.
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 Πολλοί μεν λοιπόν εξ αυτών επίστευσαν, και εκ των επισήμων Ελληνίδων γυναικών και εκ των ανδρών ουκ ολίγοι.
12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
13 Ως δε έμαθον οι από της Θεσσαλονίκης Ιουδαίοι ότι και εν τη Βεροία εκηρύχθη υπό του Παύλου ο λόγος του Θεού, ήλθον και εκεί και ετάραττον τους όχλους.
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 Και ευθύς τότε οι αδελφοί εξαπέστειλαν τον Παύλον να υπάγη έως εις την θάλασσαν· ο Σίλας δε και ο Τιμόθεος έμειναν εκεί.
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
15 Οι δε συνοδεύοντες τον Παύλον έφεραν αυτόν έως Αθηνών, και αφού έλαβον παραγγελίαν προς τον Σίλαν και Τιμόθεον να έλθωσι προς αυτόν όσον τάχιστα, ανεχώρησαν.
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 Ενώ δε περιέμενεν αυτούς ο Παύλος εν ταις Αθήναις, το πνεύμα αυτού παρωξύνετο εν αυτώ, επειδή έβλεπε την πόλιν γέμουσαν ειδώλων.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
17 Διελέγετο λοιπόν εν τη συναγωγή μετά των Ιουδαίων και μετά των θεοσεβών και εν τη αγορά καθ' εκάστην ημέραν μετά των τυχόντων.
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 Τινές δε των Επικουρίων και των Στωϊκών φιλοσόφων συνήρχοντο εις λόγους μετ' αυτού, και οι μεν έλεγον· Τι θέλει τάχα ο σπερμολόγος ούτος να είπη; οι δέ· Ξένων θεών κήρυξ φαίνεται ότι είναι· διότι εκήρυττε προς αυτούς τον Ιησούν και την ανάστασιν.
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 Και πιάσαντες αυτόν έφεραν εις τον Άρειον Πάγον, λέγοντες· Δυνάμεθα να μάθωμεν τις αύτη η νέα διδαχή, ήτις κηρύττεται υπό σου;
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 διότι φέρεις εις τας ακοάς ημών παράδοξά τινα· θέλομεν λοιπόν να μάθωμεν τι σημαίνουσι ταύτα.
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 Πάντες δε οι Αθηναίοι και οι επιδημούντες ξένοι εις ουδέν άλλο ηυκαίρουν παρά εις το να λέγωσι και να ακούωσι τι νεώτερον.
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 Σταθείς δε ο Παύλος εν μέσω του Αρείου Πάγου, είπεν· Άνδρες Αθηναίοι, κατά πάντα σας βλέπω εις άκρον θεολάτρας.
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 Διότι ενώ διηρχόμην και ανεθεώρουν τα σεβάσματά σας, εύρον και βωμόν, εις τον οποίον είναι επιγεγραμμένον, Αγνώστω Θεώ. Εκείνον λοιπόν, τον οποίον αγνοούντες λατρεύετε, τούτον εγώ κηρύττω προς εσάς.
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 Ο Θεός, όστις έκαμε τον κόσμον και πάντα τα εν αυτώ, ούτος Κύριος ων του ουρανού και της γης, δεν κατοικεί εν χειροποιήτοις ναοίς,
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 ουδέ λατρεύεται υπό χειρών ανθρώπων ως έχων χρείαν τινός, επειδή αυτός δίδει εις πάντας ζωήν και πνοήν και τα πάντα·
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 και έκαμεν εξ ενός αίματος παν έθνος ανθρώπων, διά να κατοικώσιν εφ' όλου του προσώπου της γης, και διώρισε τους προδιατεταγμένους καιρούς και τα οροθέσια της κατοικίας αυτών,
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 διά να ζητώσι τον Κύριον, ίσως δυνηθώσι να ψηλαφήσωσιν αυτόν και να εύρωσιν, αν και δεν είναι μακράν από ενός εκάστου ημών.
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 Διότι εν αυτώ ζώμεν και κινούμεθα και υπάρχομεν, καθώς και τινές των ποιητών σας είπον· Διότι και γένος είμεθα τούτου.
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 Γένος λοιπόν όντες του Θεού, δεν πρέπει να νομίζωμεν τον Θεόν ότι είναι όμοιος με χρυσόν ή άργυρον ή λίθον, κεχαραγμένα διά τέχνης και επινοίας ανθρώπου.
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 Τους καιρούς λοιπόν της αγνοίας παραβλέψας ο Θεός, τώρα παραγγέλλει εις πάντας τους ανθρώπους πανταχού να μετανοώσι,
30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
31 διότι προσδιώρισεν ημέραν εν ή μέλλει να κρίνη την οικουμένην εν δικαιοσύνη, διά ανδρός τον οποίον διώρισε, και έδωκεν εις πάντας βεβαίωσιν περί τούτου, αναστήσας αυτόν εκ νεκρών.
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 Ακούσαντες δε ανάστασιν νεκρών, οι μεν εχλεύαζον, οι δε είπον· Περί τούτου θέλομεν σε ακούσει πάλιν.
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 Και ούτως ο Παύλος εξήλθεν εκ μέσου αυτών.
33 Thus Paul went out from among them.
34 Τινές δε άνδρες προσεκολλήθησαν εις αυτόν και επίστευσαν, μεταξύ των οποίων ήτο και Διονύσιος ο Αρεοπαγίτης και γυνή τις ονόματι Δάμαρις και άλλοι μετ' αυτών.
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)
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- 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)