Act 17:1Cum autem perambulāssent Amphipolim et Apollōniam, vēnērunt Thessalonīcam, ubi erat synagōga Jūdaeōrum.And when they had walked through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Act 17:2Secundum cōnsuētūdinem autem Paulus introīvit ad eōs, et per sabbata tria disserēbat eīs dē Scrīptūrīs, adaperiēns et īnsinuāns quia Chrīstum oportuit patī, et resurgere ā mortuīs: et quia hic est Jēsūs Chrīstus, quem ego annūntiō vōbīs.And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Scriptures, opening them up and showing that the Christ had to suffer, and rise again from the dead: and that "this is Jesus Christ, whom I announce to you." Act 17:4Et quīdam ex eīs crēdidērunt et adjūnctī sunt Paulō et Silae: et dē colentibus gentīlibusque multitūdō magna, et mulierēs nōbilēs nōn paucae.And some of them believed and were joined to Paul and Silas: and of the worshippers and Gentiles a great multitude, and not a few noble women. Act 17:5Zēlantēs autem Jūdaeī, assūmentēsque dē vulgō virōs quōsdam malōs, et turbā factā, concitāvērunt cīvitātem: et assistentēs domuī Jāsōnis quaerēbant eōs prōdūcere in populum.But the Jews, being jealous, and taking from the rabble certain wicked men, and a mob having been formed, stirred up the city: and standing at the house of Jason they were seeking to bring them out to the people.
Act 17:6Et cum nōn invēnissent eōs, trahēbant Jāsōnem et quōsdam frātrēs ad prīncipēs cīvitātis, clāmantēs: Quoniam hī quī urbem concitant, et hūc vēnērunt, quōs suscēpit Jāsōn, et hī omnēs contrā dēcrēta Caesaris faciunt, rēgem alium dīcentēs esse, Jēsum.And when they had not found them, they were dragging Jason and certain brothers to the rulers of the city, shouting: "These men who stir up the city have come here too, whom Jason has received, and these all act against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus." Act 17:8Concitāvērunt autem plēbem et prīncipēs cīvitātis audientēs haec.And they stirred up the common people and the rulers of the city, who heard these things. Act 17:9Et acceptā satisfactiōne ā Jāsōne et ā cēterīs, dīmīsērunt eōs.And satisfaction having been received from Jason and from the rest, they let them go. Act 17:10Frātrēs vērō cōnfestim per noctem dīmīsērunt Paulum et Silam in Beroeam.But the brothers at once, by night, sent Paul and Silas away to Beroea. Act 17:10Quī cum vēnissent, in synagōgam Jūdaeōrum introiērunt.Who, when they had come, went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Act 17:11Hī autem erant nōbiliōrēs eōrum quī sunt Thessalonīcae, quī suscēpērunt verbum cum omnī aviditāte, quotīdiē scrūtantēs Scrīptūrās, sī haec ita sē habērent.Now these were more noble than those who are at Thessalonica, who received the word with all eagerness, daily searching the Scriptures, whether these things were so. Act 17:12Et multī quidem crēdidērunt ex eīs, et mulierum gentīlium honestārum, et virī nōn paucī.And many of them indeed believed, and of the honourable Gentile women, and of men not a few. Act 17:13Cum autem cognōvissent in Thessalonīcā Jūdaeī quia et Beroeae praedicātum est ā Paulō verbum Deī, vēnērunt et illūc commoventēs, et turbantēs multitūdinem.But when the Jews in Thessalonica had learned that at Beroea too the word of God had been preached by Paul, they came there also, stirring up and troubling the multitude. Act 17:14Statimque tunc Paulum dīmīsērunt frātrēs, ut īret ūsque ad mare: Silās autem et Timotheus remānsērunt ibi.And at once then the brothers sent Paul away, to go as far as the sea: but Silas and Timothy remained there. Act 17:15Quī autem dēdūcēbant Paulum, perdūxērunt eum ūsque Athēnās, et acceptō mandātō ab eō ad Silam et Timotheum ut quam celeriter venīrent ad illum, profectī sunt.And those who were escorting Paul brought him as far as Athens, and having received a command from him for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they set out.
Act 17:16Paulus autem cum Athēnīs eōs exspectāret, incitābātur spīritus ejus in ipsō, vidēns īdōlolatriae dēditam cīvitātem.Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being roused within him, seeing the city given over to idolatry. Act 17:17Disputābat igitur in synagōgā cum Jūdaeīs et colentibus, et in forō, per omnēs diēs ad eōs quī aderant.He was disputing, therefore, in the synagogue with the Jews and the worshippers, and in the forum, every day with those who were present. Act 17:18Quīdam autem epicūrēī et stōicī philosophī disserēbant cum eō, et quīdam dīcēbant: Quid vult sēminiverbius hic dīcere?And certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were reasoning with him, and some were saying: "What does this word-sower want to say?" Act 17:18Aliī vērō: Novōrum daemoniōrum vidētur annūntiātor esse: quia Jēsum et resurrēctiōnem annūntiābat eīs.But others: "He seems to be an announcer of new demons": because he was announcing to them Jesus and the resurrection. Act 17:19Et apprehēnsum eum ad Arēopagum dūxērunt, dīcentēs: Possumus scīre quae est haec nova, quae ā tē dīcitur, doctrīna?And having seized him they led him to the Areopagus, saying: "May we know what this new teaching is which is spoken by you?
Act 17:20Nova enim quaedam īnfers auribus nostrīs: volumus ergō scīre quidnam velint haec esse.For you bring certain new things to our ears: we wish, therefore, to know what these things mean." Act 17:21(Athēniēnsēs autem omnēs, et advenae hospitēs, ad nihil aliud vacābant nisi aut dīcere aut audīre aliquid novī.) Stāns autem Paulus in mediō Arēopagī, ait: Virī Athēniēnsēs, per omnia quasi superstitiōsiōrēs vōs videō.(Now all the Athenians, and the visiting strangers, had time for nothing else except either to say or to hear something new.) And Paul, standing in the middle of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, in all things I see you as, so to speak, more given to superstition. Act 17:23Praeteriēns enim, et vidēns simulācra vestra, invēnī et āram in quā scrīptum erat: Ignōtō Deō.For passing by, and seeing your idols, I found also an altar on which had been written: 'To the Unknown God.' Act 17:23Quod ergō ignōrantēs colitis, hoc ego annūntiō vōbīs.What therefore you worship without knowing, this I announce to you. Act 17:24Deus, quī fēcit mundum, et omnia quae in eō sunt, hic caelī et terrae cum sit Dominus, nōn in manūfactīs templīs habitat, nec manibus hūmānīs colitur indigēns aliquō, cum ipse det omnibus vītam, et īnspīrātiōnem, et omnia: fēcitque ex ūnō omne genus hominum inhabitāre super ūniversam faciem terrae, dēfīniēns statūta tempora, et terminōs habitātiōnis eōrum, quaerere Deum sī forte attrectent eum, aut inveniant, quamvīs nōn longē sit ab ūnōquōque nostrum.God, who made the world, and all things that are in it, he, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hand, nor is he served by human hands as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, and all things: and he made from one man every race of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, marking out appointed times, and the limits of their dwelling, that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after him, or find him, although he is not far from each one of us.
Act 17:28In ipsō enim vīvimus, et movēmur, et sumus: sīcut et quīdam vestrōrum poëtārum dīxērunt: Ipsīus enim et genus sumus.For in him we live, and move, and are: as also certain of your own poets have said: 'For we are also his offspring.' Act 17:29Genus ergō cum sīmus Deī, nōn dēbēmus aestimāre aurō, aut argentō, aut lapidī, sculptūrae artis, et cōgitātiōnis hominis, dīvīnum esse simile.Since, therefore, we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divine is like gold, or silver, or stone, a sculpture of the art and thought of man. Act 17:30Et tempora quidem hujus ignōrantiae dēspiciēns Deus, nunc annūntiat hominibus ut omnēs ubīque poenitentiam agant, eō quod statuit diem in quō jūdicātūrus est orbem in aequitāte, in virō in quō statuit, fidem praebēns omnibus, suscitāns eum ā mortuīs.And the times of this ignorance indeed God has overlooked, and now he announces to men that all everywhere should repent, because he has appointed a day on which he is going to judge the world in fairness, by a man whom he has appointed, offering faith to all, raising him from the dead."
Act 17:32Cum audīssent autem resurrēctiōnem mortuōrum, quīdam quidem irrīdēbant, quīdam vērō dīxērunt: Audiēmus tē dē hōc iterum.And when they had heard of the resurrection of the dead, some indeed were mocking, but some said: "We will hear you about this again." Act 17:33Sīc Paulus exīvit dē mediō eōrum.So Paul went out from their midst. Act 17:34Quīdam vērō virī adhaerentēs eī, crēdidērunt: in quibus et Dionȳsius Arēopagīta, et mulier nōmine Damaris, et aliī cum eīs.But certain men, clinging to him, believed: among whom were also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.