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Acts 17:22

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.

KJV

Σταθεὶς δὲ Παῦλος ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἀρίου πάγου ἔφη· Ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, κατὰ πάντα ὡς δεισιδαιμονεστέρους ὑμᾶς θεωρῶ·

Greek NT

Stans autem Paulus in medio Areopagi, ait : Viri Athenienses, per omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

But Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Paul
Places AthensMars Hill

In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δεισιδαιμονέστερος
deisidaimonesteros
adjective · 1×
θεωρέω
theoreo
verb · 57×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μέσος
mesos
adjective · 61×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
Ἀθηναῖος
athenaios
adjective · 2×
Ἄρειος
areios
noun · 4×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg: δὲ | NIV/RP: + ὁ
  • δὲSBLGNT
  • δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • + ὁReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 17:16 — Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
  • Acts 17:19 — And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
  • Acts 19:35 — And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the
  • Acts 25:19 — But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.