1 Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:2 And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,3 Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.4 And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.5 But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.6 And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;7 Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.8 And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.9 And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.10 And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.11 Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.12 And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.14 So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.15 But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.17 So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.18 And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.19 And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?20 For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.21 (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)22 And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.23 For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.24 The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;25 And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;26 And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,27 So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:28 For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.29 If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.30 Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:31 Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.32 Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.33 And so Paul went away from among them.34 But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

1 Cum autem perambulassent Amphipolim et Apolloniam, venerunt Thessalonicam, ubi erat synagoga Judorum. 2 Secundum consuetudinem autem Paulus introivit ad eos, et per sabbata tria disserebat eis de Scripturis, 3 adaperiens et insinuans quia Christum oportuit pati, et resurgere a mortuis : et quia hic est Jesus Christus, quem ego annuntio vobis. 4 Et quidam ex eis crediderunt et adjuncti sunt Paulo et Sil : et de colentibus gentilibusque multitudo magna, et mulieres nobiles non pauc. 5 Zelantes autem Judi, assumentesque de vulgo viros quosdam malos, et turba facta, concitaverunt civitatem : et assistentes domui Jasonis qurebant eos producere in populum. 6 Et cum non invenissent eos, trahebant Jasonem et quosdam fratres ad principes civitatis, clamantes : Quoniam hi qui urbem concitant, et huc venerunt, 7 quos suscepit Jason, et hi omnes contra decreta Csaris faciunt, regem alium dicentes esse, Jesum. 8 Concitaverunt autem plebem et principes civitatis audientes hc. 9 Et accepta satisfactione a Jasone et a ceteris, dimiserunt eos.10 Fratres vero confestim per noctem dimiserunt Paulum et Silam in Beram. Qui cum venissent, in synagogam Judorum introierunt. 11 Hi autem erant nobiliores eorum qui sunt Thessalonic, qui susceperunt verbum cum omni aviditate, quotidie scrutantes Scripturas, si hc ita se haberent. 12 Et multi quidem crediderunt ex eis, et mulierum gentilium honestarum, et viri non pauci. 13 Cum autem cognovissent in Thessalonica Judi quia et Ber prdicatum est a Paulo verbum Dei, venerunt et illuc commoventes, et turbantes multitudinem. 14 Statimque tunc Paulum dimiserunt fratres, ut iret usque ad mare : Silas autem et Timotheus remanserunt ibi.15 Qui autem deducebant Paulum, perduxerunt eum usque Athenas, et accepto mandato ab eo ad Silam et Timotheum ut quam celeriter venirent ad illum, profecti sunt. 16 Paulus autem cum Athenis eos exspectaret, incitabatur spiritus ejus in ipso, videns idololatri deditam civitatem. 17 Disputabat igitur in synagoga cum Judis et colentibus, et in foro, per omnes dies ad eos qui aderant. 18 Quidam autem epicurei et stoici philosophi disserebant cum eo, et quidam dicebant : Quid vult seminiverbius hic dicere ? Alii vero : Novorum dmoniorum videtur annuntiator esse : quia Jesum et resurrectionem annuntiabat eis.19 Et apprehensum eum ad Areopagum duxerunt, dicentes : Possumus scire qu est hc nova, qu a te dicitur, doctrina ? 20 nova enim qudam infers auribus nostris : volumus ergo scire quidnam velint hc esse. 21 (Athenienses autem omnes, et adven hospites, ad nihil aliud vacabant nisi aut dicere aut audire aliquid novi.) 22 Stans autem Paulus in medio Areopagi, ait : Viri Athenienses, per omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video. 23 Prteriens enim, et videns simulacra vestra, inveni et aram in qua scriptum erat : Ignoto Deo. Quod ergo ignorantes colitis, hoc ego annuntio vobis. 24 Deus, qui fecit mundum, et omnia qu in eo sunt, hic cli et terr cum sit Dominus, non in manufactis templis habitat, 25 nec manibus humanis colitur indigens aliquo, cum ipse det omnibus vitam, et inspirationem, et omnia : 26 fecitque ex uno omne genus hominum inhabitare super universam faciem terr, definiens statuta tempora, et terminos habitationis eorum, 27 qurere Deum si forte attrectent eum, aut inveniant, quamvis non longe sit ab unoquoque nostrum. 28 In ipso enim vivimus, et movemur, et sumus : sicut et quidam vestrorum potarum dixerunt : Ipsius enim et genus sumus. 29 Genus ergo cum simus Dei, non debemus stimare auro, aut argento, aut lapidi, sculptur artis, et cogitationis hominis, divinum esse simile. 30 Et tempora quidem hujus ignoranti despiciens Deus, nunc annuntiat hominibus ut omnes ubique pnitentiam agant, 31 eo quod statuit diem in quo judicaturus est orbem in quitate, in viro in quo statuit, fidem prbens omnibus, suscitans eum a mortuis. 32 Cum audissent autem resurrectionem mortuorum, quidam quidem irridebant, quidam vero dixerunt : Audiemus te de hoc iterum. 33 Sic Paulus exivit de medio eorum. 34 Quidam vero viri adhrentes ei, crediderunt : in quibus et Dionysius Areopagita, et mulier nomine Damaris, et alii cum eis.