Category: Acts

  • Acts 17:28

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

    King James Version (KJV):
    For 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.

  • Acts 17:26

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

    King James Version (KJV):
    And 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;

  • Acts 17:25

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

    King James Version (KJV):
    Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

  • Acts 17:23

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.

    King James Version (KJV):
    For 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.

  • Acts 17:24

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

    King James Version (KJV):
    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;

  • Acts 17:21

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    (Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)

    King James Version (KJV):
    (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.)

  • Acts 17:22

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious.

    King James Version (KJV):
    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 17:19

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee?

    King James Version (KJV):
    And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]?

  • Acts 17:20

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

    King James Version (KJV):
    For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

  • Acts 17:18

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Then 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.