Acts 17
16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit
was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to
idolatry.

17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the
Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market
daily with them that met with him.

18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of
the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will
this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter
forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them
Jesus, and the resurrection.

19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus,
saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof
thou speakest, is?

20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears:
we would know therefore what these things mean.

21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there
spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to
hear some new thing.)

22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye
men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too
superstitious.

23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I
found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN
GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him
declare I unto you.

24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing
that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
temples made with hands;

25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he
needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath,
and all things;

26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to
dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined
the times before appointed, and the bounds of their
habitation;

27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might
feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from
every one of us:

28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as
certain also of your own poets have said, For we are
also his offspring.

29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we
ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or
silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but
now commandeth all men every where to repent:

31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will
judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he
hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all
men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,
some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again
of this matter.

33So Paul departed from among them.