1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica [victory of falsity], where was a synagogue of the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah]: 2And Sha’ul [desired], as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Shabbat [rest] days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 3Opening and alleging, that Moshiach [Messiah] must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Yeshua [God is Salvation], whom I preach unto you, is Moshiach [Messiah]. 4And some of them believed, and consorted with Sha’ul [desired] and Silas [woody]; and of the devout Greeks [unstable: miry ones] a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. 5But the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah] which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason [one who will heal], and sought to bring them out to the people. 6And when they found them not, they drew Jason [one who will heal] and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come here also; 7Whom Jason [one who will heal] has received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar [venerable], saying that there is another king, [one] Yeshua [God is Salvation]. 8And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9And when they had taken security of Jason [one who will heal], and of the other, they let them go.

10And the brethren immediately sent away Sha’ul [desired] and Silas [woody] by night unto Berea [well watered]: who coming [there] went into the synagogue of the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah]. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica [victory of falsity], in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks [unstable: miry ones], and of men, not a few. 13But when the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah] of Thessalonica [victory of falsity] had knowledge that the word of God-The Father was preached of Sha’ul [desired] at Berea [well watered], they came there also, and stirred up the people. 14And then immediately the brethren sent away Sha’ul [desired] to go as it were to the sea: but Silas [woody] and Timothy [honoring God] abode there still. 15And they that conducted Sha’ul [desired] brought him unto Athens [uncertainty]: and receiving a commandment unto Silas [woody] and Timothy [honoring God] for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

16Now while Sha’ul [desired] waited for them at Athens [uncertainty], his Spirit [Ruach] was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Y’hudim (Judeans) [praised of Yah], and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans [a helper: defender], and of the Stoicks [of the portico], encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Yeshua [God is Salvation], and the resurrection. 19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus [martial peak (high council)], saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof youⁱ speak, [is]? 20For youⁱ brings certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21(For all the Athenians [uncertainty] and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

22Then Sha’ul [desired] stood in the midst of Mars’ [etymology uncertain] hill, and said, [You^2f] men of Athens [uncertainty], I perceive that in all things you^2f 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 you^2f ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24God-The Father that made the world and all things in it, seeing that he is Lord - Kurios of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands; 25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; 26And has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27That they should seek the Lord - Kurios, if perhaps (maybe) 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-The Father, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by are and man's device. 30And the times of this ignorance God-The Father winked at; but now commands all men every where to repent: 31Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he has ordained; [whereof] he has given assurance unto all [men], in that he has raised him from the dead.

32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some deceived: and others said, We will hear youⁱ again of this [matter]. 33So Sha’ul [desired] departed from among them. 34However certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which [was] Dionysius [devoted to shouting (Bacchus)] the Areopagite [a judge of the High Council], and a woman named Damaris [a heifer], and others with them.