Acts 17:22
New King James Version
Addressing the Areopagus
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of the [a]Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
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- Acts 17:22 Lit. Hill of Ares, or Mars’ Hill
Acts 25:19
New King James Version
19 (A)but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
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Acts 19:35
New King James Version
35 And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great goddess [a]Diana, and of the image which fell down from [b]Zeus?
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- Acts 19:35 Gr. Artemis
- Acts 19:35 heaven
Acts 17:16
New King James Version
The Philosophers at Athens
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, (A)his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was [a]given over to idols.
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- Acts 17:16 full of idols
Jeremiah 50:38
New King James Version
38 (A)A [a]drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up.
For it is the land of carved images,
And they are insane with their idols.
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- Jeremiah 50:38 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; Syr. sword; LXX omits A drought is
Jeremiah 10:2-3
New King James Version
2 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;
Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,
For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are [a]futile;
For (B)one cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
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- Jeremiah 10:3 Lit. vanity
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