¶ Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica¹, where² was a synagogue of the Jews:

And Paul, as³ his manner was, went⁴ in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned⁵ with them out of the scriptures,

Opening⁶ and alleging, that Christ⁷ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this⁸ Jesus, whom I preach⁹ unto you, is Christ.

And some¹⁰ of them believed, and consorted¹¹ with Paul and Silas¹²; and of the devout¹³ Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief¹⁴ women not a few.

But the Jews which believed not, moved¹⁵ with envy, took¹⁶ unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set¹⁷ all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason¹⁸, and sought to bring them out to the people.

And when they found them not, they drew¹⁹ Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These²⁰ that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

Whom Jason hath received: and these²¹ all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

²²And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

¶ And the brethren²³ immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea²⁴: who coming thither went²⁵ into the synagogue of the Jews.

These were more noble²⁶ than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the²⁷ word with all readiness of mind, and searched the²⁸ scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Therefore many²⁹ of them believed; also of honourable³⁰ women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

But when the Jews³¹ of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred³² up the people.

And then³³ immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it³⁴ were to the sea: but³⁵ Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens³⁶: and receiving³⁷ a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

¶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry³⁹.

Therefore disputed⁴⁰ he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout⁴¹ persons, and in the market daily⁴² with them that met with him.

Then certain philosophers⁴³ of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered⁴⁴ him. And some said, What will this babbler⁴⁵ say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus⁴⁶, and the resurrection.

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus⁴⁷, saying, May⁴⁸ we know what this new⁴⁹ doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

¶ For thou bringest certain strange⁵⁰ things to our ears: we would know therefore what⁵¹ these things mean.

(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent⁵² their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

¶ Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive⁵⁴ that in all things ye are too superstitious.

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions⁵⁵, I found an altar with this inscription, TO⁵⁶ THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly⁵⁷ worship, him declare I unto you.

God that made⁵⁸ the world and all things therein, seeing⁵⁹ that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth⁶⁰ not in temples made with hands;

Neither is⁶¹ worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing⁶² he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

And hath made⁶³ of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined⁶⁴ the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

That they⁶⁵ should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be⁶⁶ not far from every one of us:

For in him⁶⁷ we live, and move, and have our being; as⁶⁸ certain also of your own poets have said, For we are⁶⁹ also his offspring.

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought⁷⁰ not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven⁷¹ by art and man's device.

¶ And the times⁷² of this ignorance God winked at; but⁷³ now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Because he hath appointed⁷⁴ a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance⁷⁵ unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

¶ And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some⁷⁶ mocked: and others said, We will⁷⁷ hear thee again of this matter.

So Paul departed from among them.

Howbeit certain⁷⁸ men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite⁷⁹, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.