Acts 17:-34

Phrase

editing

NT

Acts 17:22-34

esv

Preacher's Perceiving

So ... standing in the midst of the Areopagus,

Paul,

Speaker

said:

Action

“Men of Athens,

Address

in every way

Sphere

I perceive that ... you are very religious.

For as I passed along and

Ground

observed the objects

of your worship,

Genitive

I found also an altar

with this inscription,

Context

‘To the unknown god.’

Content

therefore

Result

What ... you worship as unknown,

Restate v.23f

this

I proclaim to you.

The Main Preaching: GOD Is...

The God

The Main Object

who made the world and everything in it,

Explaination

being Lord of heaven and earth,

does not live in temples

made by man,

Agency

nor is he served

by human hands,

as though he needed anything,

Concessive

since he himself gives to all mankind

Reason

life

Lists

and breath

and everything.

from one man

Source

And he made ... every nation of mankind

to live on all the face of the earth,

Purpose

having determined allotted periods

Condition

and the boundaries

of their dwelling place,

that they should seek God,

and perhaps feel their way toward him

and find him.

Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

Assertion

for

“‘In him

we live and move and have our being’;

as even some of your own poets have said,

“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

Quote

Being then God’s offspring,

Reference

we ought not to think that

Argument

the divine being is like gold

the List of Content

or silver

or stone,

an image formed

by the art

and imagination

of man.

The times of ignorance

Temporal

God overlooked,

but now

he commands all people

everywhere

Locative

to repent,

because he has fixed a day

on which he will judge the world

Action1# Based on v31

in righteousness

Standard

by a man

Agent

whom he has appointed;

explainaion

and of this he has given assurance

Action2# Based on v31

to all

Object

by raising him from the dead.”

Means

Reaction to the Preaching

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,

some mocked.

But

Comparion

others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

So Paul went out from their midst.

Reaction to v.32b&32c

But some men joined him and believed,

among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite

The List of v.34

and a woman named Damaris

and others with them.

+ Pious - Superstitious

SHOULD is a kind of responsibility, PERHAPS is tone of uncertainty. But all people fall short of seeking God wholeheartedly and successfully. Romans.1:18-3:20

Made from first Adam Judged by the last Adam Romans 5:12-21

The ignorance of Idol worship.

The resurrection of Jesus is the center of God's plan for history, and is the basis for hope in the future resurrection of the body (1Cor.15-42-57; Rev. 21:4) It is also a central evidence to persuade people to believe in Christ; It shows God's authority to be the judge and the giver of salvation. (Acts 2)

Σταθεὶς δὲ [ὁ] Παῦλος ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἀρείου πάγου ἔφη• ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, κατὰ πάντα ὡς δεισιδαιμονεστέρους ὑμᾶς θεωρῶ.

διερχόμενος γὰρ καὶ ἀναθεωρῶν τὰ σεβάσματα ὑμῶν εὗρον καὶ βωμὸν ἐν ᾧ ἐπεγέγραπτο• Ἀγνώστῳ θεῷ. ὃ οὖν ἀγνοοῦντες εὐσεβεῖτε, τοῦτο ἐγὼ καταγγέλλω ὑμῖν.

ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν κόσμον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ, οὗτος οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς ὑπάρχων κύριος οὐκ ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς κατοικεῖ

οὐδὲ ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται προσδεόμενός τινος, αὐτὸς διδοὺς πᾶσιν ζωὴν καὶ πνοὴν καὶ τὰ πάντα•

ἐποίησέν τε ἐξ ἑνὸς πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τῆς γῆς, ὁρίσας προστεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν

ζητεῖν τὸν θεόν, εἰ ἄρα γε ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν καὶ εὕροιεν, καί γε οὐ μακρὰν ἀπὸ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου ἡμῶν ὑπάρχοντα.

ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν, ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθʼ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασιν• τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν.

γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ ἢ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ, χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.

τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ θεός, τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πάντας πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν,

καθότι ἔστησεν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν, πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν ἀναστήσας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.

Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν οἱ μὲν ἐχλεύαζον, οἱ δὲ εἶπαν• ἀκουσόμεθά σου περὶ τούτου καὶ πάλιν.

οὕτως ὁ Παῦλος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν.

τινὲς δὲ ἄνδρες κολληθέντες αὐτῷ ἐπίστευσαν, ἐν οἷς καὶ Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης καὶ γυνὴ ὀνόματι Δάμαρις καὶ ἕτεροι σὺν αὐτοῖς.