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Acts 17:16
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14 aThen 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 areceiving 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, ahis spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was1 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 Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this2 babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them aJesus and the resurrection.  
19 And they took him and brought him to the1 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.
Verse Comparison: Acts 17:16

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American Standard Version
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

Amplified® Bible
Now while Paul was awaiting them at Athens, his spirit was grieved {and} roused to anger as he saw that the city was full of idols.

Contemporary English Version
While Paul was waiting in Athens, he was upset to see all the idols in the city.

Darby English Version
But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.

Good News Bible
While Paul was waiting in Athens for Silas and Timothy, he was greatly upset when he noticed how full of idols the city was.

International Standard Version
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred to its depths to see the city full of idols.

King James Version
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

New American Standard Bible
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.

New International Version
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.

New King James Version
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit had become provoked within him as he observed the city full of idols.

Young's Literal Translation
and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,

New English Translation
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens,1 his spirit was greatly upset2 because he saw3 the city was full of idols.


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