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cum autem perambulassent Amphipolim et Apolloniam veneruntThessalonicam ubi erat synagoga Iudaeorum

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secundum consuetudinem autem Paulus introivit ad eos et persabbata tria disserebat eis de scripturis

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adaperiens et insinuans quia Christum oportuit pati etresurgere a mortuis et quia hic est Christus Iesus quem egoadnuntio vobis

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et quidam ex eis crediderunt et adiuncti sunt Paulo etSilae et de colentibus gentilibusque multitudo magna etmulieres nobiles non paucae

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zelantes autem Iudaei adsumentesque de vulgo viros quosdammalos et turba facta concitaverunt civitatem et adsistentesdomui Iasonis quaerebant eos producere in populum

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et cum non invenissent eos trahebant Iasonem et quosdamfratres ad principes civitatis clamantes quoniam hii qui orbemconcitant et huc venerunt

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quos suscepit Iason et hii omnes contra decreta Caesarisfaciunt regem alium dicentes esse Iesum

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concitaverunt autem plebem et principes civitatis audienteshaec

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et accepto satis ab Iasone et a ceteris dimiserunt eos

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fratres vero confestim per noctem dimiserunt Paulum etSilam in Beroeam qui cum advenissent in synagogam Iudaeorumintroierunt

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hii autem erant nobiliores eorum qui sunt Thessalonicaequi susceperunt verbum cum omni aviditate cotidie scrutantesscripturas si haec ita se haberent

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et multi quidem crediderunt ex eis et gentilium mulierumhonestarum et viri non pauci

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cum autem cognovissent in Thessalonica Iudaei quia etBeroeae praedicatum est a Paulo verbum Dei venerunt et illuccommoventes et turbantes multitudinem

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statimque tunc Paulum dimiserunt fratres ut iret usque admare Silas autem et Timotheus remanserunt ibi

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qui autem deducebant Paulum perduxerunt usque Athenas etaccepto mandato ab eo ad Silam et Timotheum ut quam celeritervenirent ad illum profecti sunt

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Paulus autem cum Athenis eos expectaret incitabaturspiritus eius in ipso videns idolatriae deditam civitatem

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disputabat igitur in synagoga cum Iudaeis et colentibus etin foro per omnes dies ad eos qui aderant

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quidam autem epicurei et stoici philosophi disserebant cumeo et quidam dicebant quid vult seminiverbius hic dicere aliivero novorum daemoniorum videtur adnuntiator esse quia Iesum etresurrectionem adnuntiabat eis

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et adprehensum eum ad Ariopagum duxerunt dicentes possumusscire quae est haec nova quae a te dicitur doctrina

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nova enim quaedam infers auribus nostris volumus ergoscire quidnam velint haec esse

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Athenienses autem omnes et advenae hospites ad nihil aliudvacabant nisi aut dicere aut audire aliquid novi

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stans autem Paulus in medio Ariopagi ait viri atheniensesper omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video

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praeteriens enim et videns simulacra vestra inveni et aramin qua scriptum erat ignoto deo quod ergo ignorantes colitishoc ego adnuntio vobis

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Deus qui fecit mundum et omnia quae in eo sunt hic caeliet terrae cum sit Dominus non in manufactis templis inhabitat

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nec manibus humanis colitur indigens aliquo cum ipse detomnibus vitam et inspirationem et omnia

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fecitque ex uno omne genus hominum inhabitare superuniversam faciem terrae definiens statuta tempora et terminoshabitationis eorum

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quaerere Deum si forte adtractent eum aut inveniantquamvis non longe sit ab unoquoque nostrum

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in ipso enim vivimus et movemur et sumus sicut et quidamvestrum poetarum dixerunt ipsius enim et genus sumus

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genus ergo cum simus Dei non debemus aestimare auro autargento aut lapidi sculpturae artis et cogitationis hominisdivinum esse simile

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et tempora quidem huius ignorantiae despiciens Deus nuncadnuntiat hominibus ut omnes ubique paenitentiam agant

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eo quod statuit diem in qua iudicaturus est orbem inaequitate in viro in quo statuit fidem praebens omnibussuscitans eum a mortuis

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cum audissent autem resurrectionem mortuorum quidam quideminridebant quidam vero dixerunt audiemus te de hoc iterum

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sic Paulus exivit de medio eorum

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quidam vero viri adherentes ei crediderunt in quibus etDionisius Ariopagita et mulier nomine Damaris et alii cum eis

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Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

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And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

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Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

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And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

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

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

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

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

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

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And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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

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

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

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And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

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

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

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Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

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

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And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

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For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

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

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And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

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

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

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So Paul departed from among them.

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

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