17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto {k} Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]?(k) This was a place called, as one would say, Mars hill, where the judges sat who were called Areopagita upon important matters, who in ancient time arraigned Socrates, and afterward condemned him of impiety. read more
17:21 {11} (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.)(11) The wisdom of man is vanity. read more
17:22 {12} Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too {l} superstitious.(12) The idolaters themselves provide most strong and forcible arguments against their own superstition.(l) To stand in too foolish and slavish a fear of your gods. read more
17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your {m} devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE {n} UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.(m) Whatever men worship for religion’s sake, that we call religion.(n) Pausanias in his Atticis makes mention of the altar which the Athenians had dedicated to unknown gods: and Laertius in his Epimenides makes mention of an altar that had no name entitled upon it. read more
17:24 {13} God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;(13) It is a most foolish and vain thing to compare the Creator with the creature, to limit him within a place who can be comprehended in no place, and to think to allure him with gifts, from whom all men have received all things whatever they have: and these are the fountains of all idolatry. read more
17:26 {14} And hath made of {o} 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;(14) God is wonderful in all his works, but especially in the work of man: not that we should stand amazed at his works, but that we should lift our eyes to the workman.(o) Of one stock and one beginning. read more
17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might {p} feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:(p) For as blind men we could not seek out God except by groping, before the true light came and enlightened the world. read more
17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, {q} graven by art and man’s device.(q) Which things (gold, silver, and stones) are custom engraved as much as a man’s mind can devise, for men will not worship those things as they are, unless by some art it has formed into an image of some sort. read more
17:30 {15} And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:(15) The oldness of the error does not excuse those that err, but it commends and sets forth the patience of God, who nonetheless will be a just judge to those who condemn him. read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Acts 17:18
17:18 {10} Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this {i} babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.(10) Two special sects of the philosophers set themselves against Christ: the Epicures, who mock and scoff at religion: and the Stoics, who decide religious matters according to their own thinking.(i) Literally, "seed gatherer": a borrowed... read more