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Acts 17:23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Acts 17:23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 For as I walked around looking carefully at your shrines, I even discovered an altar inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’[a] What therefore you unknowingly worship, I proclaim to you.
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- 17:23 ‘To an Unknown God’: ancient authors such as Pausanias, Philostratus, and Tertullian speak of Athenian altars with no specific dedication as altars of “unknown gods” or “nameless altars.”
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