Acts 17:22 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 17:22

Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very religious.

KJV

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill - That is, in the midst of the judges, who sat in the Areopagus. Ye are too superstitious - Κατα παντα ὡς δεισιδαιμονεϚερους ὑμας θεωρω; I perceive that in all respects ye are greatly addicted to religious practices; and, as a religious people, you will candidly hear what I have got to say in behalf of that worship which I practice and recommend. See farther observations at the end of the chapter.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The court of justice which sat here was famous for its equity, which drew appeals to it from all parts; if any denied a God, he was liable to the censure of this court. Diagoras was by them put to death, as a contemner of the gods; nor might any new God be admitted without their approbation.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

(The authorized translation would imply that only too much superstition was wrong, and represents the apostle as repelling his hearers in the very first sentence; whereas the whole discourse is studiously courteous).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Σταθεὶς	Statheis	Having stood	G2476 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Παῦλος	Paulos	Paul	G3972 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
μέσῳ	mesō	[the] midst	G3319 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
Ἀρείου	Areiou	Ares	G697 →
πάγου	pagou	Hill	G697 →
ἔφη·	ephē	he was saying;	G5346 →
ἄνδρες	andres	Men	G435 →
Ἀθηναῖοι,	Athēnaioi	Athenians,	G117 →
κατὰ	kata	in	G2596 →
πάντα	panta	all things	G3956 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
δεισιδαιμονεστέρους	deisidaimonesterous	very religious	G1174 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
θεωρῶ·	theōrō	I behold;	G2334 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 17:16
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
leads to
- Psalms 119:158
  I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
- Psalms 119:136
  My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
- Exodus 32:19–20
  As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
- 2 Peter 2:7
  and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
Through
Acts 25:19
They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
leads to
- Acts 23:29
  I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
- Acts 18:15
  But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
  For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Through
Acts 19:35
Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which…
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10–11
  and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.