Acts 17:22-31

BIB(i) 22 Σταθεὶς (Having stood) δὲ (then) [ὁ] (-) Παῦλος (Paul) ἐν (in) μέσῳ (the midst) τοῦ (of the) Ἀρείου (Ares) Πάγου (Hill), ἔφη (he was saying), “Ἄνδρες (Men), Ἀθηναῖοι (Athenians), κατὰ (in) πάντα (all things) ὡς (as) δεισιδαιμονεστέρους (very religious) ὑμᾶς (you) θεωρῶ (I behold). 23 διερχόμενος (Passing through) γὰρ (for) καὶ (and) ἀναθεωρῶν (beholding) τὰ (the) σεβάσματα (objects of worship) ὑμῶν (of you), εὗρον (I found) καὶ (even) βωμὸν (an altar) ἐν (on) ᾧ (which) ἐπεγέγραπτο (had been inscribed): ΑΓΝΩΣΤΩ (To an unknown) ΘΕΩ (God). Ὃ (Whom) οὖν (therefore) ἀγνοοῦντες (not knowing) εὐσεβεῖτε (you worship), τοῦτο (Him) ἐγὼ (I) καταγγέλλω (proclaim) ὑμῖν (to you). 24 Ὁ (The) Θεὸς (God) ὁ (-) ποιήσας (having made) τὸν (the) κόσμον (world) καὶ (and) πάντα (all things) τὰ (that are) ἐν (in) αὐτῷ (it), οὗτος (He) οὐρανοῦ (of heaven) καὶ (and) γῆς (earth) ὑπάρχων (being) Κύριος (Lord), οὐκ (not) ἐν (in) χειροποιήτοις (hand-made) ναοῖς (temples) κατοικεῖ (dwells), 25 οὐδὲ (nor) ὑπὸ (by) χειρῶν (hands) ἀνθρωπίνων (of men) θεραπεύεται (is He served), προσδεόμενός (as needing) τινος (anything), αὐτὸς (Himself) διδοὺς (giving) πᾶσι (to all) ζωὴν (life) καὶ (and) πνοὴν (breath), καὶ (and) τὰ (the) πάντα (all); 26 ἐποίησέν (He made) τε (then) ἐξ (of) ἑνὸς (one), πᾶν (every) ἔθνος (nation) ἀνθρώπων (of men), κατοικεῖν (to dwell) ἐπὶ (upon) παντὸς (all) προσώπου (the face) τῆς (of the) γῆς (earth), ὁρίσας (having determined) προστεταγμένους (the appointed) καιροὺς (times) καὶ (and) τὰς (the) ὁροθεσίας (boundaries) τῆς (of the) κατοικίας (habitation) αὐτῶν (of them), 27 ζητεῖν (to seek) τὸν (-) Θεὸν (God), εἰ (if) ἄρα (perhaps) γε (indeed) ψηλαφήσειαν (they might palpate for) αὐτὸν (Him), καὶ (and) εὕροιεν (might find Him). καί (And) γε (indeed), οὐ (not) μακρὰν (far) ἀπὸ (from) ἑνὸς (one) ἑκάστου (each) ἡμῶν (of us) ὑπάρχοντα (He is). 28 ‘Ἐν (In) αὐτῷ (Him) γὰρ (for) ζῶμεν (we live) καὶ (and) κινούμεθα (move) καὶ (and) ἐσμέν (are).’ ὡς (As) καί (also) τινες (some) τῶν (of the) καθ’ (among) ὑμᾶς (you) ποιητῶν (poets) εἰρήκασιν (have said), ‘Τοῦ (Of Him) γὰρ (for) καὶ (also) γένος (offspring) ἐσμέν (we are).’ 29 γένος (Offspring) οὖν (therefore) ὑπάρχοντες (being) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (of God), οὐκ (not) ὀφείλομεν (we ought) νομίζειν (to consider) χρυσῷ (to gold), ἢ (or) ἀργύρῳ (to silver), ἢ (or) λίθῳ (to stone), χαράγματι (a graven thing), τέχνης (of craft) καὶ (and) ἐνθυμήσεως (imagination) ἀνθρώπου (of man), τὸ (the) Θεῖον (Divine Being) εἶναι (to be) ὅμοιον (like). 30 Τοὺς (The) μὲν (indeed) οὖν (therefore) χρόνους (times) τῆς (-) ἀγνοίας (of ignorance) ὑπεριδὼν (having overlooked) ὁ (-) Θεὸς (God), τὰ (-) νῦν (now) παραγγέλλει* (He commands) τοῖς (-) ἀνθρώποις (men) πάντας (all) πανταχοῦ (everywhere) μετανοεῖν (to repent), 31 καθότι (because) ἔστησεν (He set) ἡμέραν (a day) ἐν (in) ᾗ (which) μέλλει (He is about) κρίνειν (to judge) τὴν (the) οἰκουμένην (world) ἐν (in) δικαιοσύνῃ (righteousness), ἐν (by) ἀνδρὶ (a man) ᾧ (whom) ὥρισεν (He appointed), πίστιν (a guarantee) παρασχὼν (having provided) πᾶσιν (to all), ἀναστήσας (having raised) αὐτὸν (Him) ἐκ (out from) νεκρῶν (the dead).”