1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolisand Apollonia, they came to Acts 17:11, 13; 20:4; 27:2; Phil. 4:16; 1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Thess. 1:1; 2 Tim. 4:10Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 Then Paul, as his custom was, Luke 4:16; Acts 9:20; 13:5, 14; 14:1; 16:13; 19:8went in to them, and for three Sabbaths 1 Thess. 2:1–16reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and demonstrating Luke 24:26, 46; Acts 18:5, 28; Gal. 3:1that the Christhad to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesuswhom I preach to you is the Christ." 4 Acts 28:24And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Pauland Acts 15:22, 27, 32, 40Silas.
Assault on Jason’s House
5 But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming Acts 13:45envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Acts 17:6, 7, 9; Rom. 16:21Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jasonand some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, (Acts 16:20)"These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. 7 Jasonhas harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, Luke 23:2; John 19:12; 1 Pet. 2:13saying there is another king—Jesus." 8 And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things. 9 So when they had taken security from Jasonand the rest, they let them go.
Ministering at Berea
10 Then Acts 9:25; 17:14the brethren immediately sent Pauland Silasaway by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and Is. 34:16; Luke 16:29; John 5:39searched the Scriptures daily tofindout whether these things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men. 13 But when the Jews from Thessalonicalearned that the word of God was preached by Paulat Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds. 14 Matt. 10:23Then immediately the brethren sent Paulaway, to go to the sea; but both Silasand Timothyremained there. 15 So those who conducted Paulbrought him to Athens; and Acts 18:5receiving a command for Silasand Timothyto come to him with all speed, they departed.
The Philosophers at Athens
16 Now while Paulwaited for them at Athens, 2 Pet. 2:8his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols. 17 Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there. 18 Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, "What does this babbler want to say?"
Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods," because he preached to them 1 Cor. 15:12Jesusand the resurrection.
19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak? 20 For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean." 21 For all the Atheniansand the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Addressing the Areopagus
22 Then Paulstood in the midst of the Areopagusand said, "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; 23 for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: 24 Is. 42:5; Acts 14:15"God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Deut. 10:14; Ps. 115:16; Matt. 11:25Lord of heaven and earth, 1 Kin. 8:27; Acts 7:48–50does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He Gen. 2:7; Is. 42:5; Dan. 5:23gives to all life, breath, and all things. 26 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and Deut. 32:8; Job 12:23; Dan. 4:35the boundaries of their dwellings, 27 (Rom. 1:20)so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, Deut. 4:7; Ps. 139:7, 10; Jer. 23:23, 24; (Acts 14:17)though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for (Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3)in Him we live and move and have our being, Titus 1:12as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, Ps. 115:4–7; Is. 40:18, 19; Rom. 1:23we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising. 30 Truly, Acts 14:16; (Rom. 3:25)these times of ignorance God overlooked, but Luke 24:47; Acts 26:20; (Titus 2:11, 12); 1 Pet. 1:14; 4:3now commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 because He has appointed a day on which Ps. 9:8; 96:13; 98:9; John 5:22, 27; Acts 10:42; Rom. 2:16He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by Acts 2:24raising Him from the dead."
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, "We will hear you again on this matter." 33 So Pauldeparted from among them. 34 However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysiusthe Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Lugar Bíblico
Cidade / Povoado
Thessalonica
Hoje: Thessaloniki, Greece
ΘεσσαλονίκηThessalonikē
Thessalonica was a city with a Jewish synagogue; Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy wrote to the church of the Thessalonians, and Aristarchus was from this city (1 Thessalonians 1:1).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Silas was a leading man among the brothers, also a prophet, sent to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. Later Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord (Acts 15:40).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Silas was a leading man among the brothers, also a prophet, sent to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. Later Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord (Acts 15:40).
In Berea, where the believers sent Paul and Silas, the Bereans received the message and examined the Scriptures every day; Jews from Thessalonica went there to agitate the crowds (Acts 17:11).
Thessalonica was a city with a Jewish synagogue; Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy wrote to the church of the Thessalonians, and Aristarchus was from this city (1 Thessalonians 1:1).
Thessalonica was a city with a Jewish synagogue; Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy wrote to the church of the Thessalonians, and Aristarchus was from this city (1 Thessalonians 1:1).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
In Berea, where the believers sent Paul and Silas, the Bereans received the message and examined the Scriptures every day; Jews from Thessalonica went there to agitate the crowds (Acts 17:11).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Silas was a leading man among the brothers, also a prophet, sent to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. Later Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord (Acts 15:40).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Athens is the city where Paul waited for Silas and Timothy, was greatly distressed to see it full of idols, and spoke to the Athenians in the meeting of the Areopagus before leaving for Corinth (Acts 17:22).
Silas was a leading man among the brothers, also a prophet, sent to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. Later Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord (Acts 15:40).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Athens is the city where Paul waited for Silas and Timothy, was greatly distressed to see it full of idols, and spoke to the Athenians in the meeting of the Areopagus before leaving for Corinth (Acts 17:22).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Athens is the city where Paul waited for Silas and Timothy, was greatly distressed to see it full of idols, and spoke to the Athenians in the meeting of the Areopagus before leaving for Corinth (Acts 17:22).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).
Athens is the city where Paul waited for Silas and Timothy, was greatly distressed to see it full of idols, and spoke to the Athenians in the meeting of the Areopagus before leaving for Corinth (Acts 17:22).
Paul, also called Saul, was an apostle of Christ Jesus and, with Barnabas, turned to the Gentiles. Earlier, he ravaged the church and committed men and women to prison, until he heard a voice and, seeing nothing, was brought to Damascus (Acts 13:46).