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   <v n='1'><s n="1161">Now</s> when they had passed <s n="1353">through</s> <s n="295">Amphipolis</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="624">Apollonia</s>, they <s n="2064">came</s> <s n="1519">to</s> <s n="2332">Thessalonica</s>, <s n="3699">where</s> <s n="2258">was</s> a <s n="4864">synagogue</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2453">Jews</s>: </v>
   <v n='2'><s n="1161">And</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s>, as his manner <s n="2596 1486">was</s>, went <s n="1525">in</s> <s n="4314">unto</s> <s n="846">them</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="*5140">three</s> sabbath <s n="4521">days</s> <s n="1256">reasoned</s> with <s n="846">them</s> out <s n="575">of</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1124">Scriptures</s>, </v>
   <v n='3'><s n="1272">Opening</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3908">alleging</s>, <s n="3754">that</s> <s n="5547">Christ</s> must <s n="1163">needs</s> have <s n="3958">suffered</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> risen <s n="450">again</s> <s n="1537">from</s> the <s n="3498">dead</s>; <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3754">that</s> <s n="3778">this</s> <s n="2424">Jesus</s>, <s n="3739">whom</s> <s n="1473">I</s> <s n="2605">preach</s> unto <s n="5213">you</s>, <s n="2076">is</s> <s n="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
   <v n='4'><s n="2532">And</s> <s n="5100">some</s> <s n="1537">of</s> <s n="846">them</s> <s n="3982">believed</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> consorted <s n="4345">with</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="4609">Silas</s>; <s n="5037">and</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4576">devout</s> <s n="1672">Greeks</s> a <s n="4183">great</s> <s n="4128">multitude</s>, <s n="5037">and</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4413">chief</s> <s n="1135">women</s> <s n="3756">not</s> a <s n="3641">few</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'><s n="1161">But</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2453">Jews</s> which believed <s n="544">not</s>, moved with <s n="2206">envy</s>, took <s n="4355">unto</s> them <s n="5100">certain</s> <s n="4190">lewd</s> <s n="435">fellows</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> baser <s n="60">sort</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> gathered a <s n="3792">company</s>, and set all the city on an <s n="2350 3588 4172">uproar</s>, <s n="5037">and</s> <s n="2186">assaulted</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3614">house</s> of <s n="2394">Jason</s>, and <s n="2212">sought</s> <s n="*846">to</s> bring them <s n="71">out</s> <s n="1519">to</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1218">people</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'><s n="1161">And</s> when they <s n="2147">found</s> <s n="846">them</s> <s n="3361">not</s>, they <s n="4951">drew</s> <s n="2394">Jason</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="5100">certain</s> <s n="80">brethren</s> <s n="1909">unto</s> <s n="3588">the</s> rulers of the <s n="4173">city</s>, <s n="994">crying</s>, <s n="3778">These</s> that have turned the world upside <s n="387 3588 3625">down</s> are <s n="3918">come</s> <s n="1759">hither</s> <s n="2532">also</s>; </v>
   <v n='7'><s n="3739">Whom</s> <s n="2394">Jason</s> hath <s n="5264">received</s>: <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3778">these</s> <s n="3956">all</s> <s n="4238">do</s> <s n="561">contrary</s> to <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1378">decrees</s> of <s n="2541">Caesar</s>, <s n="3004">saying</s> that there <s n="1511">is</s> <s n="2087">another</s> <s n="935">king</s>, one <s n="2424">Jesus</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'><s n="1161">And</s> they <s n="5015">troubled</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3793">people</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3588">the</s> rulers of the <s n="4173">city</s>, when they <s n="191">heard</s> these <s n="5023">things</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'><s n="2532">And</s> when they had <s n="2983">taken</s> <s n="2425">security</s> <s n="3844">of</s> <s n="2394">Jason</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3062">other</s>, they let them <s n="630 846">go</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'><s n="1161">And</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="80">brethren</s> <s n="2112">immediately</s> sent <s n="1599">away</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="4609">Silas</s> <s n="1223">by</s> <s n="3571">night</s> <s n="1519">unto</s> <s n="960">Berea</s>: <s n="3748">who</s> <s n="3854">coming</s> thither <s n="549">went</s> <s n="1519">into</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4864">synagogue</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2453">Jews</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'><s n="*3778">These</s> <s n="2258">were</s> more <s n="2104">noble</s> than <s n="3588">those</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="2332">Thessalonica</s>, in that <s n="3748">they</s> <s n="1209">received</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3056">word</s> <s n="3326">with</s> <s n="3956">all</s> readiness of <s n="4288">mind</s>, and <s n="350">searched</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1124">Scriptures</s> <s n="2596 2250">daily</s>, <s n="1487">whether</s> those <s n="5023">things</s> <s n="2192">were</s> <s n="3779">so</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'><s n="3767">Therefore</s> <s n="4183">many</s> <s n="1537">of</s> <s n="846">them</s> <s n="4100">believed</s>; <s n="2532">also</s> of <s n="2158">honorable</s> <s n="1135">women</s> which were <s n="1674">Greeks</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> of <s n="435">men</s>, <s n="3756">not</s> a <s n="3641">few</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'><s n="1161">But</s> <s n="5613">when</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2453">Jews</s> <s n="575">of</s> <s n="2332">Thessalonica</s> had <s n="1097">knowledge</s> <s n="3754">that</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3056">word</s> of <s n="2316">God</s> was <s n="2605">preached</s> <s n="5259">of</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="1722">at</s> <s n="960">Berea</s>, they <s n="2064">came</s> thither <s n="2546">also</s>, and stirred <s n="4531">up</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3793">people</s>. </v>
   <v n='14'><s n="1161">And</s> <s n="5119">then</s> <s n="2112">immediately</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="80">brethren</s> sent <s n="1821">away</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> to <s n="4198">go</s> as it <s n="5613">were</s> <s n="1909">to</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2281">sea</s>: <s n="1161">but</s> <s n="4609">Silas</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="5095">Timothy</s> <s n="5278">abode</s> <s n="1563">there</s> still. </v>
   <v n='15'><s n="1161">And</s> they that <s n="2525">conducted</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="71">brought</s> <s n="846">him</s> <s n="2193">unto</s> <s n="116">Athens</s>: <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="2983">receiving</s> a <s n="1785">commandment</s> <s n="4314">unto</s> <s n="4609">Silas</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="5095">Timothy</s> for to <s n="2064">come</s> <s n="4314">to</s> <s n="846">him</s> with all <s n="5613 5033">speed</s>, they <s n="1826">departed</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'><s n="1161">Now</s> while <s n="3972">Paul</s> waited <s n="1551">for</s> <s n="846">them</s> <s n="1722">at</s> <s n="116">Athens</s>, <s n="848">his</s> <s n="4151">spirit</s> was <s n="3947">stirred</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="846">him</s>, when he <s n="2334">saw</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4172">city</s> wholly given to <s n="2712">idolatry</s>. </v>
   <v n='17'><s n="3767">Therefore</s> <s n="1256">disputed</s> <s n="*3303">he</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4864">synagogue</s> with <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2453">Jews</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> with <s n="3588">the</s> devout <s n="4576">persons</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="58">market</s> <s n="2596 3956 2250">daily</s> <s n="4314">with</s> them that met <s n="3909">with</s> him. </v>
   <v n='18'><s n="1161">Then</s> <s n="5100">certain</s> <s n="5386">philosophers</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1946">Epicureans</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4770">Stoics</s>, <s n="4820">encountered</s> <s n="846">him</s>. <s n="2532">And</s> <s n="5100">some</s> <s n="3004">said</s>, <s n="5101">What</s> <s n="2309 302">will</s> <s n="3778">this</s> <s n="4691">babbler</s> <s n="3004">say</s>? <s n="3588">other</s> some, He <s n="1380">seemeth</s> to <s n="1511">be</s> a setter <s n="2604">forth</s> of <s n="3581">strange</s> <s n="1140">gods</s>: <s n="3754">because</s> he <s n="2097">preached</s> unto <s n="846">them</s> <s n="2424">Jesus</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="386">resurrection</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'><s n="5037">And</s> they <s n="1949">took</s> <s n="846">him</s>, and <s n="71">brought</s> him <s n="1909">unto</s> <s n="697">Areopagus</s>, <s n="3004">saying</s>, <s n="1410">May</s> we <s n="1097">know</s> <s n="5101">what</s> <s n="3778">this</s> <s n="2537">new</s> <s n="1322">doctrine</s>, <s n="3588">whereof</s> <s n="4675">thou</s> <s n="2980">speakest</s>, is? </v>
   <v n='20'><s n="1063">For</s> thou <s n="1533">bringest</s> <s n="5100">certain</s> strange <s n="3579">things</s> <s n="1519">to</s> <s n="2257">our</s> <s n="189">ears</s>: we <s n="1014">would</s> <s n="1097">know</s> <s n="3767">therefore</s> <s n="5101">what</s> these <s n="5023">things</s> <s n="2309 302 *1511">mean</s>. </v>
   <v n='21'>( <s n="*1161">For</s> <s n="3956">all</s> the <s n="117">Athenians</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3581">strangers</s> which were <s n="1927">there</s> spent their <s n="2119">time</s> <s n="1519">in</s> <s n="3762">nothing</s> <s n="2087">else</s>, <s n="2228">but</s> either to <s n="3004">tell</s>, <s n="2532">or</s> to <s n="191">hear</s> <s n="5100">some</s> new <s n="2537">thing</s>.) </v>
   <v n='22'><s n="1161">Then</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="2476">stood</s> <s n="1722">in</s> the <s n="3319">midst</s> of Mars' <s n="697">hill</s>, and <s n="5346">said</s>, Ye <s n="435">men</s> of <s n="117">Athens</s>, I <s n="2334">perceive</s> that <s n="2596">in</s> all <s n="3956">things</s> <s n="5209">ye</s> <s n="*5613">are</s> too <s n="1174">superstitious</s>. </v>
   <v n='23'><s n="1063">For</s> as I passed <s n="1330">by</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="333">beheld</s> <s n="5216">your</s> <s n="4574">devotions</s>, I <s n="2147">found</s> <s n="*2532">an</s> <s n="1041">altar</s> with this <s n="1722 3739 1924">inscription</s>, TO THE <s n="57">UNKNOWN</s> <s n="2316">GOD</s>. <s n="3739">Whom</s> <s n="3767">therefore</s> ye <s n="50">ignorantly</s> <s n="2151">worship</s>, <s n="5126">him</s> <s n="2605">declare</s> <s n="1473">I</s> unto <s n="5213">you</s>. </v>
   <v n='24'><s n="2316">God</s> that <s n="4160">made</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2889">world</s> <s n="2532">and</s> all <s n="3956">things</s> <s n="1722 846">therein</s>, seeing that <s n="3778">he</s> <s n="5225">is</s> <s n="2962">Lord</s> of <s n="3772">heaven</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="1093">earth</s>, <s n="2730">dwelleth</s> <s n="3756">not</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="3485">temples</s> made with <s n="5499">hands</s>; </v>
   <v n='25'><s n="3761">Neither</s> is <s n="2323">worshiped</s> <s n="5259">with</s> <s n="444">men</s> 's <s n="5495">hands</s>, as though he <s n="4326">needed</s> any <s n="5100">thing</s>, seeing <s n="846">he</s> <s n="1325">giveth</s> to <s n="3956">all</s> <s n="2222">life</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="4157">breath</s>, and all <s n="2596 3956">things</s>; </v>
   <v n='26'><s n="5037">And</s> hath <s n="4160">made</s> <s n="1537">of</s> <s n="1520">one</s> <s n="129">blood</s> <s n="3956">all</s> <s n="1484">nations</s> of <s n="444">men</s> for to <s n="2730">dwell</s> <s n="1909">on</s> <s n="3956">all</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4383">face</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1093">earth</s>, and hath <s n="3724">determined</s> the <s n="2540">times</s> before <s n="4384">appointed</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3734">bounds</s> of <s n="848">their</s> <s n="2733">habitation</s>; </v>
   <v n='27'>That they should <s n="2212">seek</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2962">Lord</s>, <s n="1487">if</s> <s n="686 1065">haply</s> they might feel <s n="5584">after</s> <s n="846">him</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="2147">find</s> him, <s n="2544">though</s> he <s n="5225">be</s> <s n="3756">not</s> <s n="3112">far</s> <s n="575">from</s> <s n="1538">every</s> <s n="1520">one</s> of <s n="2257">us</s>: </v>
   <v n='28'><s n="1063">For</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="846">him</s> we <s n="2198">live</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="2795">move</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> have our <s n="2070">being</s>; <s n="5613">as</s> <s n="5100">certain</s> <s n="2532">also</s> of your <s n="2596 5209">own</s> <s n="4163">poets</s> have <s n="2046">said</s>, <s n="1063">For</s> we <s n="2070">are</s> <s n="2532">also</s> <s n="5120">his</s> <s n="1085">offspring</s>. </v>
   <v n='29'>Forasmuch <s n="3767">then</s> as we <s n="5225">are</s> the <s n="1085">offspring</s> of <s n="2316">God</s>, we <s n="3784">ought</s> <s n="3756">not</s> to <s n="3543">think</s> that <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2304">Godhead</s> <s n="1511">is</s> like <s n="3664">unto</s> <s n="5557">gold</s>, <s n="2228">or</s> <s n="696">silver</s>, <s n="2228">or</s> <s n="3037">stone</s>, <s n="5480">graven</s> by <s n="5078">art</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="444">man</s> 's <s n="1761">device</s>. </v>
   <v n='30'><s n="*3767 3303">And</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="5550">times</s> of this <s n="52">ignorance</s> <s n="2316">God</s> <s n="5237">winked</s> at; but <s n="3569">now</s> <s n="3853">commandeth</s> <s n="3956">all</s> <s n="444">men</s> every <s n="3837">where</s> to <s n="3340">repent</s>: </v>
   <v n='31'><s n="1360">Because</s> he hath <s n="2476">appointed</s> a <s n="2250">day</s>, <s n="1722">in</s> the <s n="3739">which</s> he <s n="3195">will</s> <s n="2919">judge</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3625">world</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="1343">righteousness</s> <s n="1722">by</s> that <s n="435">man</s> <s n="3739">whom</s> he hath <s n="3724">ordained</s>; whereof he hath <s n="3930">given</s> <s n="4102">assurance</s> unto <s n="3956">all</s> men, in that he hath <s n="450">raised</s> <s n="846">him</s> <s n="1537">from</s> the <s n="3498">dead</s>. </v>
   <v n='32'><s n="1161">And</s> when they <s n="191">heard</s> of the <s n="386">resurrection</s> of the <s n="3498">dead</s>, <s n="3588 3303">some</s> <s n="5512">mocked</s>: <s n="1161">and</s> <s n="3588">others</s> <s n="2036">said</s>, We will <s n="191">hear</s> <s n="4675">thee</s> <s n="3825">again</s> <s n="4012">of</s> <s n="5127">this</s> matter. </v>
   <v n='33'><s n="*2532"></s> <s n="3779">So</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="1831">departed</s> <s n="1537">from</s> <s n="3319">among</s> <s n="846">them</s>. </v>
   <v n='34'><s n="1161">Howbeit</s> <s n="5100">certain</s> <s n="435">men</s> <s n="2853">cleaved</s> unto <s n="846">him</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="4100">believed</s>: <s n="1722">among</s> the <s n="3739">which</s> was <s n="1354">Dionysius</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="698">Areopagite</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> a <s n="1135">woman</s> <s n="3686">named</s> <s n="1152">Damaris</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="2087">others</s> <s n="4862">with</s> <s n="846">them</s>. </v>
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