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<bible version='kjv' description='The King James Bible with Strongs Numbers' language='ENG' strongs='true'>
  <book number='44' name='' abbreviation='Apg' testament='new'>
    <chapter number='17'>
      <verse number='1'><strongs number="1161">Now</strongs>when they had passed <strongs number="1353">through</strongs><strongs number="295">Amphipolis</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="624">Apollonia</strongs>, they <strongs number="2064">came</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="2332">Thessalonica</strongs>, <strongs number="3699">where</strongs><strongs number="2258">was</strongs>a <strongs number="4864">synagogue</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2453">Jews</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='2'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="3972">Paul</strongs>, as his manner <strongs number="2596 1486">was</strongs>, went <strongs number="1525">in</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="*5140">three</strongs>sabbath <strongs number="4521">days</strongs><strongs number="1256">reasoned</strongs>with <strongs number="846">them</strongs>out <strongs number="575">of</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1124">Scriptures</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='3'><strongs number="1272">Opening</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3908">alleging</strongs>, <strongs number="3754">that</strongs><strongs number="5547">Christ</strongs>must <strongs number="1163">needs</strongs>have <strongs number="3958">suffered</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>risen <strongs number="450">again</strongs><strongs number="1537">from</strongs>the <strongs number="3498">dead</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3754">that</strongs><strongs number="3778">this</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>, <strongs number="3739">whom</strongs><strongs number="1473">I</strongs><strongs number="2605">preach</strongs>unto <strongs number="5213">you</strongs>, <strongs number="2076">is</strongs><strongs number="5547">Christ</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="5100">some</strongs><strongs number="1537">of</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="3982">believed</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>consorted <strongs number="4345">with</strongs><strongs number="3972">Paul</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4609">Silas</strongs>; <strongs number="5037">and</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4576">devout</strongs><strongs number="1672">Greeks</strongs>a <strongs number="4183">great</strongs><strongs number="4128">multitude</strongs>, <strongs number="5037">and</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4413">chief</strongs><strongs number="1135">women</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>a <strongs number="3641">few</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'><strongs number="1161">But</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2453">Jews</strongs>which believed <strongs number="544">not</strongs>, moved with <strongs number="2206">envy</strongs>, took <strongs number="4355">unto</strongs>them <strongs number="5100">certain</strongs><strongs number="4190">lewd</strongs><strongs number="435">fellows</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs>baser <strongs number="60">sort</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>gathered a <strongs number="3792">company</strongs>, and set all the city on an <strongs number="2350 3588 4172">uproar</strongs>, <strongs number="5037">and</strongs><strongs number="2186">assaulted</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3614">house</strongs>of <strongs number="2394">Jason</strongs>, and <strongs number="2212">sought</strongs><strongs number="*846">to</strongs>bring them <strongs number="71">out</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1218">people</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>when they <strongs number="2147">found</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="3361">not</strongs>, they <strongs number="4951">drew</strongs><strongs number="2394">Jason</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="5100">certain</strongs><strongs number="80">brethren</strongs><strongs number="1909">unto</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs>rulers of the <strongs number="4173">city</strongs>, <strongs number="994">crying</strongs>, <strongs number="3778">These</strongs>that have turned the world upside <strongs number="387 3588 3625">down</strongs>are <strongs number="3918">come</strongs><strongs number="1759">hither</strongs><strongs number="2532">also</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='7'><strongs number="3739">Whom</strongs><strongs number="2394">Jason</strongs>hath <strongs number="5264">received</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3778">these</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="4238">do</strongs><strongs number="561">contrary</strongs>to <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1378">decrees</strongs>of <strongs number="2541">Caesar</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>that there <strongs number="1511">is</strongs><strongs number="2087">another</strongs><strongs number="935">king</strongs>, <em> one </em><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>they <strongs number="5015">troubled</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3793">people</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs>rulers of the <strongs number="4173">city</strongs>, when they <strongs number="191">heard</strongs>these <strongs number="5023">things</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>when they had <strongs number="2983">taken</strongs><strongs number="2425">security</strongs><strongs number="3844">of</strongs><strongs number="2394">Jason</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3062">other</strongs>, they let them <strongs number="630 846">go</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="80">brethren</strongs><strongs number="2112">immediately</strongs>sent <strongs number="1599">away</strongs><strongs number="3972">Paul</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4609">Silas</strongs><strongs number="1223">by</strongs><strongs number="3571">night</strongs><strongs number="1519">unto</strongs><strongs number="960">Berea</strongs>: <strongs number="3748">who</strongs><strongs number="3854">coming</strongs><em> thither </em><strongs number="549">went</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4864">synagogue</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2453">Jews</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'><strongs number="*3778">These</strongs><strongs number="2258">were</strongs>more <strongs number="2104">noble</strongs>than <strongs number="3588">those</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="2332">Thessalonica</strongs>, in that <strongs number="3748">they</strongs><strongs number="1209">received</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3056">word</strongs><strongs number="3326">with</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs>readiness of <strongs number="4288">mind</strongs>, and <strongs number="350">searched</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1124">Scriptures</strongs><strongs number="2596 2250">daily</strongs>, <strongs number="1487">whether</strongs>those <strongs number="5023">things</strongs><strongs number="2192">were</strongs><strongs number="3779">so</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><strongs number="3767">Therefore</strongs><strongs number="4183">many</strongs><strongs number="1537">of</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="4100">believed</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">also</strongs>of <strongs number="2158">honorable</strongs><strongs number="1135">women</strongs>which were <strongs number="1674">Greeks</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>of <strongs number="435">men</strongs>, <strongs number="3756">not</strongs>a <strongs number="3641">few</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'><strongs number="1161">But</strongs><strongs number="5613">when</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2453">Jews</strongs><strongs number="575">of</strongs><strongs number="2332">Thessalonica</strongs>had <strongs number="1097">knowledge</strongs><strongs number="3754">that</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3056">word</strongs>of <strongs number="2316">God</strongs>was <strongs number="2605">preached</strongs><strongs number="5259">of</strongs><strongs number="3972">Paul</strongs><strongs number="1722">at</strongs><strongs number="960">Berea</strongs>, they <strongs number="2064">came</strongs>thither <strongs number="2546">also</strongs>, and stirred <strongs number="4531">up</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3793">people</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="5119">then</strongs><strongs number="2112">immediately</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="80">brethren</strongs>sent <strongs number="1821">away</strongs><strongs number="3972">Paul</strongs>to <strongs number="4198">go</strongs>as it <strongs number="5613">were</strongs><strongs number="1909">to</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2281">sea</strongs>: <strongs number="1161">but</strongs><strongs number="4609">Silas</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="5095">Timothy</strongs><strongs number="5278">abode</strongs><strongs number="1563">there</strongs>still. </verse>
      <verse number='15'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>they that <strongs number="2525">conducted</strongs><strongs number="3972">Paul</strongs><strongs number="71">brought</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="2193">unto</strongs><strongs number="116">Athens</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2983">receiving</strongs>a <strongs number="1785">commandment</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="4609">Silas</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="5095">Timothy</strongs>for to <strongs number="2064">come</strongs><strongs number="4314">to</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>with all <strongs number="5613 5033">speed</strongs>, they <strongs number="1826">departed</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'><strongs number="1161">Now</strongs>while <strongs number="3972">Paul</strongs>waited <strongs number="1551">for</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="1722">at</strongs><strongs number="116">Athens</strongs>, <strongs number="848">his</strongs><strongs number="4151">spirit</strongs>was <strongs number="3947">stirred</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, when he <strongs number="2334">saw</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4172">city</strongs>wholly given to <strongs number="2712">idolatry</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'><strongs number="3767">Therefore</strongs><strongs number="1256">disputed</strongs><strongs number="*3303">he</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4864">synagogue</strongs>with <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2453">Jews</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>with <strongs number="3588">the</strongs>devout <strongs number="4576">persons</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="58">market</strongs><strongs number="2596 3956 2250">daily</strongs><strongs number="4314">with</strongs>them that met <strongs number="3909">with</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='18'><strongs number="1161">Then</strongs><strongs number="5100">certain</strongs><strongs number="5386">philosophers</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1946">Epicureans</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4770">Stoics</strongs>, <strongs number="4820">encountered</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>. <strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="5100">some</strongs><strongs number="3004">said</strongs>, <strongs number="5101">What</strongs><strongs number="2309 302">will</strongs><strongs number="3778">this</strongs><strongs number="4691">babbler</strongs><strongs number="3004">say</strongs>? <strongs number="3588">other</strongs>some, He <strongs number="1380">seemeth</strongs>to <strongs number="1511">be</strongs>a setter <strongs number="2604">forth</strongs>of <strongs number="3581">strange</strongs><strongs number="1140">gods</strongs>: <strongs number="3754">because</strongs>he <strongs number="2097">preached</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="386">resurrection</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'><strongs number="5037">And</strongs>they <strongs number="1949">took</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, and <strongs number="71">brought</strongs>him <strongs number="1909">unto</strongs><strongs number="697">Areopagus</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, <strongs number="1410">May</strongs>we <strongs number="1097">know</strongs><strongs number="5101">what</strongs><strongs number="3778">this</strongs><strongs number="2537">new</strongs><strongs number="1322">doctrine</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">whereof</strongs><strongs number="4675">thou</strongs><strongs number="2980">speakest</strongs>, <em> is </em>? </verse>
      <verse number='20'><strongs number="1063">For</strongs>thou <strongs number="1533">bringest</strongs><strongs number="5100">certain</strongs>strange <strongs number="3579">things</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="2257">our</strongs><strongs number="189">ears</strongs>: we <strongs number="1014">would</strongs><strongs number="1097">know</strongs><strongs number="3767">therefore</strongs><strongs number="5101">what</strongs>these <strongs number="5023">things</strongs><strongs number="2309 302 *1511">mean</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'>( <strongs number="*1161">For</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs>the <strongs number="117">Athenians</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3581">strangers</strongs>which were <strongs number="1927">there</strongs>spent their <strongs number="2119">time</strongs><strongs number="1519">in</strongs><strongs number="3762">nothing</strongs><strongs number="2087">else</strongs>, <strongs number="2228">but</strongs>either to <strongs number="3004">tell</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">or</strongs>to <strongs number="191">hear</strongs><strongs number="5100">some</strongs>new <strongs number="2537">thing</strongs>.) </verse>
      <verse number='22'><strongs number="1161">Then</strongs><strongs number="3972">Paul</strongs><strongs number="2476">stood</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="3319">midst</strongs>of Mars' <strongs number="697">hill</strongs>, and <strongs number="5346">said</strongs>, <em> Ye </em><strongs number="435">men</strongs>of <strongs number="117">Athens</strongs>, I <strongs number="2334">perceive</strongs>that <strongs number="2596">in</strongs>all <strongs number="3956">things</strongs><strongs number="5209">ye</strongs><strongs number="*5613">are</strongs>too <strongs number="1174">superstitious</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'><strongs number="1063">For</strongs>as I passed <strongs number="1330">by</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="333">beheld</strongs><strongs number="5216">your</strongs><strongs number="4574">devotions</strongs>, I <strongs number="2147">found</strongs><strongs number="*2532">an</strongs><strongs number="1041">altar</strongs>with this <strongs number="1722 3739 1924">inscription</strongs>, TO THE <strongs number="57">UNKNOWN</strongs><strongs number="2316">GOD</strongs>. <strongs number="3739">Whom</strongs><strongs number="3767">therefore</strongs>ye <strongs number="50">ignorantly</strongs><strongs number="2151">worship</strongs>, <strongs number="5126">him</strongs><strongs number="2605">declare</strongs><strongs number="1473">I</strongs>unto <strongs number="5213">you</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='24'><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>that <strongs number="4160">made</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2889">world</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs>all <strongs number="3956">things</strongs><strongs number="1722 846">therein</strongs>, seeing that <strongs number="3778">he</strongs><strongs number="5225">is</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>of <strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="1093">earth</strongs>, <strongs number="2730">dwelleth</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3485">temples</strongs>made with <strongs number="5499">hands</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='25'><strongs number="3761">Neither</strongs>is <strongs number="2323">worshiped</strongs><strongs number="5259">with</strongs><strongs number="444">men</strongs>'s <strongs number="5495">hands</strongs>, as though he <strongs number="4326">needed</strongs>any <strongs number="5100">thing</strongs>, seeing <strongs number="846">he</strongs><strongs number="1325">giveth</strongs>to <strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="2222">life</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4157">breath</strongs>, and all <strongs number="2596 3956">things</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='26'><strongs number="5037">And</strongs>hath <strongs number="4160">made</strongs><strongs number="1537">of</strongs><strongs number="1520">one</strongs><strongs number="129">blood</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="1484">nations</strongs>of <strongs number="444">men</strongs>for to <strongs number="2730">dwell</strongs><strongs number="1909">on</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4383">face</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1093">earth</strongs>, and hath <strongs number="3724">determined</strongs>the <strongs number="2540">times</strongs>before <strongs number="4384">appointed</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3734">bounds</strongs>of <strongs number="848">their</strongs><strongs number="2733">habitation</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='27'>That they should <strongs number="2212">seek</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>, <strongs number="1487">if</strongs><strongs number="686 1065">haply</strongs>they might feel <strongs number="5584">after</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2147">find</strongs>him, <strongs number="2544">though</strongs>he <strongs number="5225">be</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="3112">far</strongs><strongs number="575">from</strongs><strongs number="1538">every</strongs><strongs number="1520">one</strongs>of <strongs number="2257">us</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='28'><strongs number="1063">For</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>we <strongs number="2198">live</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2795">move</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>have our <strongs number="2070">being</strongs>; <strongs number="5613">as</strongs><strongs number="5100">certain</strongs><strongs number="2532">also</strongs>of your <strongs number="2596 5209">own</strongs><strongs number="4163">poets</strongs>have <strongs number="2046">said</strongs>, <strongs number="1063">For</strongs>we <strongs number="2070">are</strongs><strongs number="2532">also</strongs><strongs number="5120">his</strongs><strongs number="1085">offspring</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='29'>Forasmuch <strongs number="3767">then</strongs>as we <strongs number="5225">are</strongs>the <strongs number="1085">offspring</strongs>of <strongs number="2316">God</strongs>, we <strongs number="3784">ought</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>to <strongs number="3543">think</strongs>that <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2304">Godhead</strongs><strongs number="1511">is</strongs>like <strongs number="3664">unto</strongs><strongs number="5557">gold</strongs>, <strongs number="2228">or</strongs><strongs number="696">silver</strongs>, <strongs number="2228">or</strongs><strongs number="3037">stone</strongs>, <strongs number="5480">graven</strongs>by <strongs number="5078">art</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="444">man</strongs>'s <strongs number="1761">device</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='30'><strongs number="*3767 3303">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="5550">times</strongs>of this <strongs number="52">ignorance</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="5237">winked</strongs>at; but <strongs number="3569">now</strongs><strongs number="3853">commandeth</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="444">men</strongs>every <strongs number="3837">where</strongs>to <strongs number="3340">repent</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='31'><strongs number="1360">Because</strongs>he hath <strongs number="2476">appointed</strongs>a <strongs number="2250">day</strongs>, <strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="3739">which</strongs>he <strongs number="3195">will</strongs><strongs number="2919">judge</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3625">world</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="1343">righteousness</strongs><strongs number="1722">by</strongs><em> that </em><strongs number="435">man</strongs><strongs number="3739">whom</strongs>he hath <strongs number="3724">ordained</strongs>; <em> whereof </em>he hath <strongs number="3930">given</strongs><strongs number="4102">assurance</strongs>unto <strongs number="3956">all</strongs><em> men, </em>in that he hath <strongs number="450">raised</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs><strongs number="1537">from</strongs>the <strongs number="3498">dead</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='32'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs>when they <strongs number="191">heard</strongs>of the <strongs number="386">resurrection</strongs>of the <strongs number="3498">dead</strongs>, <strongs number="3588 3303">some</strongs><strongs number="5512">mocked</strongs>: <strongs number="1161">and</strongs><strongs number="3588">others</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>, We will <strongs number="191">hear</strongs><strongs number="4675">thee</strongs><strongs number="3825">again</strongs><strongs number="4012">of</strongs><strongs number="5127">this</strongs><em> matter. </em></verse>
      <verse number='33'><strongs number="*2532"></strongs><strongs number="3779">So</strongs><strongs number="3972">Paul</strongs><strongs number="1831">departed</strongs><strongs number="1537">from</strongs><strongs number="3319">among</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='34'><strongs number="1161">Howbeit</strongs><strongs number="5100">certain</strongs><strongs number="435">men</strongs><strongs number="2853">cleaved</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">him</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4100">believed</strongs>: <strongs number="1722">among</strongs>the <strongs number="3739">which</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="1354">Dionysius</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="698">Areopagite</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>a <strongs number="1135">woman</strongs><strongs number="3686">named</strongs><strongs number="1152">Damaris</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2087">others</strongs><strongs number="4862">with</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs>. </verse>
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