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Acts 17:22 KJV
Acts · chapter 17 · verse 22
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.Acts 17:22 · King James Version
Acts 17:22 in context
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;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- perceivetheōreōto be a spectator, look at, behold, to view attentively, take a view of, survey, to view…G2334 →
- Athensathēnaiosa person who lives in Athens, an AthenianG117 →
- stoodhistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
- midstmesosmiddle, the midst, in the midst of, amongstG3319 →
- PaulpaulosPaul or Paulus = " small or little" , Paul was the most famous of the apostles…G3972 →
- hillareios pagosAreopagus = " martial peak" , a rocky height in the city of Athens, opposite the…G697 →
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We have here St. Paul's sermon at Athens. Divers sermons we have had, which the apostles preached to the Jews, or such Gentiles as had an acquaintance with and veneration for the Old Testament, and were worshippers of the true and living God;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-31