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.
¶ Then Paul stood in the mids of ‖Mars-hill, and said, Yee men of Athens, I perceiue that in all things yee are too superstitious.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, court of the Areopagites.
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35And 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 image which fell down from Jupiter?
35And when the towne clarke had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there y t knoweth not how that the citie of the Ephesians is †a worshipper of the great goddesse Diana, and of the image which fell downe from Iupiter?
- Jeremiah 10:2–3Rank 4 from verse 22
2Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
2Thus sayeth the LORD, Learne not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signes of heauen, for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3†For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forrest (the worke of the handes of the workeman) with the axe.
- Jeremiah 50:38Rank 5 from verse 22
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Acts 17:22
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.
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In Mars' hill, the name attached to the Athenian place also called Areopagus.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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To become aware of, recognize, discern, or understand a person, thing, fact, or meaning.
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superstitious
Religious or attentive to objects of worship.
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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.)
21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to heare some new thing.)
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.
22¶ Then Paul stood in the mids of ‖Mars-hill, and said, Yee men of Athens, I perceiue that in all things yee are too superstitious.
Selected passage23For 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.
23For as I passed by, and beheld your ‖deuotions, I found an Altar with this inscription, TO THE VNKNOWEN GOD. Whom therefore yee ignorantly worship, him declare I vnto you.