使徒行传 17
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
在帖撒罗尼迦传道
17 保罗和赛拉斯经过安菲波利斯和阿波罗尼亚,来到帖撒罗尼迦。那里有一个犹太人的会堂。 2 保罗照习惯进了会堂[a],一连三个安息日,引用经文向他们讲论, 3 讲解并说明基督必须受难,然后从死人中复活,并且说:“我传给你们的这位耶稣,就是基督。” 4 他们当中有些人被说服了,就跟从了保罗和赛拉斯;不但有一大群敬神的希腊人,还有不少显要的妇女。
耶森受逼迫
5 但那些不肯信从的[b]犹太人嫉妒了,就招聚一些市井无赖,成群结伙,扰乱城市。他们闯进耶森的家,搜寻保罗和赛拉斯,要把他们带到民众那里。 6 可是找不到他们,就把耶森和几位弟兄拉到地方官们那里,喊叫说:“这些搅乱天下的,也来到这里, 7 耶森竟接待了他们!这些人都违背了凯撒的谕令,说另外有一个王,就是耶稣。” 8 民众和地方官们听了这些话就惊慌不安, 9 后来,拿了耶森和其他人的保释金,就把他们释放了。
庇里亚人查考经文
10 弟兄们立刻连夜送保罗和赛拉斯往庇里亚城去。两个人一到,就进了犹太人的会堂。 11 这里的人比帖撒罗尼迦的人开明。他们满心乐意地接受这福音[c],天天查考经文,要看这些事是否如此。 12 这样,他们当中有许多人相信了,包括尊贵的希腊妇女,以及不少男人。 13 可是当帖撒罗尼迦的犹太人知道保罗又在庇里亚城传扬神的话语[d]时,就来到那里煽动、搅扰[e]民众。 14 于是弟兄们立刻送保罗往海边[f]去,赛拉斯和提摩太仍然留在庇里亚。 15 护送保罗的人一直带他到了雅典,然后领受了要赛拉斯和提摩太尽快到他这里来的指示,就回去了。
保罗在雅典
16 保罗在雅典等候赛拉斯和提摩太的时候,看见满城都是偶像,他灵里被激怒。 17 于是他在会堂里向犹太人以及那些敬神的人讲论,每天又向在街市上遇见的人讲论。 18 有些伊壁鸠鲁派和斯多亚派的哲学家们也与他辩论。
有的说:“这胡言乱语的人,究竟想说什么呢?”也有的说:“他看起来是个宣传外国鬼神的人。”这是因为保罗传讲耶稣和复活的福音。
19 他们就拉住保罗,带他到亚略巴古,问他:“你所讲论的这新教导,我们可以知道吗? 20 既然你带来了一些奇怪的事,传到我们耳中,那么我们想知道这些事到底是什么意思。” 21 原来,所有的雅典人以及在那里作客的外国人,不做别的,只花时间说说听听某个较为新奇的事。
在亚略巴古的讲道
22 于是保罗站在亚略巴古当中说:“各位雅典人哪,我看你们在各方面都非常敬畏鬼神, 23 因为我边走边观察你们所敬拜的,发现一座祭坛上刻着‘献给不认识的神’;那么,我把你们所不认识而敬拜的这一位,现在传讲给你们。 24 造了宇宙和其中万有的神,这一位既然是天地的主,就不住在人手所造的殿宇里, 25 也不受人手的服事,好像缺少什么似的,因为他自己把生命、气息和万有赐给万人。 26 他从一个人[g]造出人类万族,使他们住在整个地面上,预先设定了他们的年限和所住的疆界, 27 好让他们寻求神[h],或许因此真能摸索而找到他。其实他离我们每一个人并不远, 28 因为我们活着、行动、生存,都在于他,正如你们中间的一些诗人也曾经说过,‘原来我们也是他的后裔。’ 29 所以我们既然是神的后裔,就不应该认为神性是仿佛用人的手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像。
30 “虽然神并不鉴察那愚昧无知的时代,但如今却吩咐各处所有的人都要悔改, 31 因为他已经确立了日子,将要藉着他所设定的一个人,以公义来审判天下的人,并且藉着使他从死人中复活,给万人带来了确据。”
32 他们听到死人复活的事,虽然有些人嘲笑他,但有些人却说:“关于此事,我们还要再听你说!” 33 这样,保罗就从他们中间出去了。 34 有一些人就跟从了保罗,信了主[i]。其中包括亚略巴古的议员迪奥尼修、一个名叫达玛丽斯的妇人,以及其他与他们在一起的人。
Footnotes
- 使徒行传 17:2 会堂——原文直译“他们那里”。
- 使徒行传 17:5 有古抄本没有“不肯信从的”。
- 使徒行传 17:11 福音——原文直译“话语”或“道”。
- 使徒行传 17:13 神的话语——或译作“神的道”。
- 使徒行传 17:13 有古抄本没有“搅扰”。
- 使徒行传 17:14 海——指“爱琴海”。
- 使徒行传 17:26 一个人——有古抄本作“一支血脉”。
- 使徒行传 17:27 神——有古抄本作“主”。
- 使徒行传 17:34 主——辅助词语。
Acts 17
New King James Version
Preaching Christ at Thessalonica
17 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to (A)Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 Then Paul, as his custom was, (B)went in to them, and for three Sabbaths (C)reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and demonstrating (D)that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.” 4 (E)And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and (F)Silas.
Assault on Jason’s House
5 But the Jews [a]who were not persuaded, [b]becoming (G)envious, 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 (H)Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, (I)“These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. 7 Jason has [c]harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, (J)saying 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 Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Ministering at Berea
10 Then (K)the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more [d]fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and (L)searched the Scriptures daily to find out 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 Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds. 14 (M)Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there. 15 So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and (N)receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.
The Philosophers at Athens
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, (O)his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was [e]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 [f]Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this [g]babbler want to say?”
Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them (P)Jesus and the resurrection.
19 And they took him and brought him to the [h]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 Athenians and 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 Paul stood in the midst of the [i]Areopagus and 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 (Q)God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is (R)Lord of heaven and earth, (S)does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He (T)gives to all life, breath, and all things. 26 And He has made from one [j]blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and (U)the boundaries of their dwellings, 27 (V)so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, (W)though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for (X)in Him we live and move and have our being, (Y)as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, (Z)we 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, (AA)these times of ignorance God overlooked, but (AB)now commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 because He has appointed a day on which (AC)He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by (AD)raising 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 Paul departed from among them. 34 However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Footnotes
- Acts 17:5 NU omits who were not persuaded
- Acts 17:5 M omits becoming envious
- Acts 17:7 welcomed
- Acts 17:11 Lit. noble
- Acts 17:16 full of idols
- Acts 17:18 NU, M add also
- Acts 17:18 Lit. seed picker, an idler who makes a living picking up scraps
- Acts 17:19 Lit. Hill of Ares, or Mars’ Hill
- Acts 17:22 Lit. Hill of Ares, or Mars’ Hill
- Acts 17:26 NU omits blood
Acts 17
Legacy Standard Bible
Paul and Silas in Thessalonica
17 Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to (A)Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 And (B)according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three (C)Sabbaths reasoned with them from (D)the Scriptures, 3 [a]explaining and setting before them that the [b]Christ (E)had to suffer and (F)rise again from the dead, and saying, “(G)This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is that [c]Christ.” 4 (H)And some of them were persuaded and joined (I)Paul and Silas, [d]along with a great multitude of the (J)God-fearing (K)Greeks and not a few of the (L)leading women. 5 But (M)the Jews, becoming jealous, taking along some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob, set the city in an uproar. And attacking the house of (N)Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the assembly. 6 And when they did not find them, they began (O)dragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset [e](P)the world have come here also; 7 [f]and Jason (Q)has welcomed them, and they all act (R)contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” 8 And they disturbed the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things. 9 And when they had received the bond from (S)Jason and the others, they released them.
In Berea
10 (T)And the brothers immediately sent (U)Paul and Silas away by night to (V)Berea, [g]and when they arrived, they went into (W)the synagogue of the Jews. 11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in (X)Thessalonica, [h]for they received the word with [i]great eagerness, [j]examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12 Therefore (Y)many of them believed, along with not a few (Z)prominent Greek (AA)women and men. 13 But when the Jews of (AB)Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in (AC)Berea also, they came there as well, shaking up and disturbing the crowds. 14 Then immediately (AD)the brothers sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and (AE)Silas and (AF)Timothy remained there. 15 Now (AG)those who escorted Paul brought him as far as (AH)Athens; and after receiving a command for (AI)Silas and Timothy to (AJ)come to him as soon as possible, they left.
In Athens
16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at (AK)Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols. 17 So he was reasoning (AL)in the synagogue with the Jews and (AM)the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present. 18 And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were [k]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would (AN)this [l]idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was proclaiming the good news of (AO)Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they (AP)took him and brought him [m]to the [n](AQ)Areopagus, saying, “May we know what (AR)this new teaching is [o]which you are speaking? 20 For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. So we want to know what these things mean.” 21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers (AS)visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something newer.)
22 So Paul stood in the midst of the [p]Areopagus and said, “Men of (AT)Athens, I observe that you are very (AU)religious in all respects. 23 For while I was passing through and examining the (AV)objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what (AW)you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. 24 (AX)The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is (AY)Lord of heaven and earth, does not (AZ)dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, (BA)as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and (BB)He made from one man every nation of mankind to inhabit all the face of the earth, having (BC)determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, (BD)though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for (BE)in Him we live and move and [q]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His offspring.’ 29 Being then the offspring of God, we (BF)ought not to suppose that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the craft and thought of man. 30 Therefore having (BG)overlooked (BH)the times of ignorance, God is (BI)now commanding men that everyone everywhere should repent, 31 because He has fixed (BJ)a day in which (BK)He will judge [r](BL)the world in righteousness [s]through a Man whom He (BM)determined, having furnished proof to all [t]by (BN)raising Him from the dead.”
32 Now when they heard about (BO)the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you [u]again concerning this.” 33 In this way, Paul went out of their midst. 34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the (BP)Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
Footnotes
- Acts 17:3 Lit opening
- Acts 17:3 Messiah
- Acts 17:3 Messiah
- Acts 17:4 Lit and a large
- Acts 17:6 Lit the inhabited earth
- Acts 17:7 Lit whom Jason has welcomed
- Acts 17:10 Lit who
- Acts 17:11 Lit who received
- Acts 17:11 Lit all
- Acts 17:11 Or inquiring about the Scriptures
- Acts 17:18 Or disputing
- Acts 17:18 One who makes his living by picking up scraps
- Acts 17:19 Or before
- Acts 17:19 Or Hill of Ares; Greek god of war
- Acts 17:19 Lit which is being spoken by you
- Acts 17:22 Or the Council of the Areopagus
- Acts 17:28 Lit are
- Acts 17:31 Lit the inhabited earth
- Acts 17:31 Or in; lit by
- Acts 17:31 Or when He raised
- Acts 17:32 Lit also again
Acts 17
New International Version
In Thessalonica
17 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,(A) where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue,(B) and on three Sabbath(C) days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,(D) 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer(E) and rise from the dead.(F) “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,”(G) he said. 4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas,(H) as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
5 But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city.(I) They rushed to Jason’s(J) house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.[a] 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged(K) Jason and some other believers(L) before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world(M) have now come here,(N) 7 and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”(O) 8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. 9 Then they made Jason(P) and the others post bond and let them go.
In Berea
10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas(Q) away to Berea.(R) On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.(S) 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,(T) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures(U) every day to see if what Paul said was true.(V) 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.(W)
13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea,(X) some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believers(Y) immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas(Z) and Timothy(AA) stayed at Berea. 15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens(AB) and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.(AC)
In Athens
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue(AD) with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news(AE) about Jesus and the resurrection.(AF) 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus,(AG) where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching(AH) is that you are presenting? 20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” 21 (All the Athenians(AI) and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus(AJ) and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.(AK) 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship(AL)—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it(AM) is the Lord of heaven and earth(AN) and does not live in temples built by human hands.(AO) 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.(AP) 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(AQ) 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.(AR) 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[b](AS) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[c]
29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.(AT) 30 In the past God overlooked(AU) such ignorance,(AV) but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.(AW) 31 For he has set a day when he will judge(AX) the world with justice(AY) by the man he has appointed.(AZ) He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”(BA)
32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead,(BB) some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.” 33 At that, Paul left the Council. 34 Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus,(BC) also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
Footnotes
- Acts 17:5 Or the assembly of the people
- Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
- Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus
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