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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews: ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:1. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Wild trillium dots the forest floor. Green light filters through spring leaves. ; 17:1

Acts 17:1. Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings, ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:2. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : An arctic fox hunts across windswept tundra. Northern lights paint its white coat in pastels. ; 17:2

Acts 17:2. And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:3. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Lightning illuminates a field of lavender in the Provence countryside. Thunder rolls across the valley like distant drums. ; 17:3

Acts 17:3. Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:4. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Spring peepers call from a pond reflecting the first evening stars. ; 17:4

Acts 17:4. And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:5. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Wild ginger blooms hidden in forest shadows. Filtered sunlight reveals their secret beauty. ; 17:5

Acts 17:5. But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here; ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:6. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : An explorer rests beside glacier lakes. Turquoise waters mirror twin peaks. ; 17:6

Acts 17:6. And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:7. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Spring winds scatter cherry blossoms like snow. ; 17:7

Acts 17:7. Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:8. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Desert lizards bask on sun-warmed rocks near ancient ruins. ; 17:8

Acts 17:8. And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:9. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Autumn mist rises from a valley dotted with red and gold maples. ; 17:9

Acts 17:9. And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:10. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Summer heat waves ripple above salt flats stretching to the horizon. ; 17:10

Acts 17:10. And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:11. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Coastal fog reveals and conceals seaside cliffs. ; 17:11

Acts 17:11. Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:12. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Wild mustangs gallop across sage-covered hills in the morning light. ; 17:12

Acts 17:12. And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:13. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : A desert oasis shimmers in the midday heat, palm fronds rustling above still waters. ; 17:13

Acts 17:13. But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:14. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Winter frost coats bare branches in delicate crystal. ; 17:14

Acts 17:14. So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:15. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Lava flows meet the ocean at twilight, sending plumes of steam skyward. Stars emerge one by one above the cosmic display. ; 17:15

Acts 17:15. But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:16. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Sand dunes ripple to the horizon like frozen waves. Wind erases all traces of life from their surfaces. ; 17:16

Acts 17:16. Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:17. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Winter sunrise illuminates frost-covered prairie grass. ; 17:17

Acts 17:17. So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:18. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Desert varnish stains cliff faces in abstract patterns. ; 17:18

Acts 17:18. And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours? ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:19. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Autumn colors reflect in rain puddles on a forest path. ; 17:19

Acts 17:19. And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:20. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : A mountain stream tumbles over smooth rocks between banks of mountain laurel. ; 17:20

Acts 17:20. For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.) ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:21. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Morning mist rises from thermal pools. Steam dragons dance in golden light. ; 17:21

Acts 17:21. (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:22. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Spring rain falls on cherry trees in full bloom, petals drifting like snow. ; 17:22

Acts 17:22. And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:23. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Winter ice forms crystal caves along lake cliffs. ; 17:23

Acts 17:23. For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands; ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:24. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Northern lights dance across the frozen tundra in ribbons of green and purple. Snow falls silently on sleeping arctic foxes. ; 17:24

Acts 17:24. The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things; ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:25. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Desert wildflowers carpet Death Valley after winter rains. Mountains fade to purple on the horizon. ; 17:25

Acts 17:25. And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands, ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:26. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Desert jackrabbits pause in saguaro shade. Heat waves distort distant peaks. ; 17:26

Acts 17:26. And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us: ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:27. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Desert bighorns drink from hidden springs. Time flows like water through stone. ; 17:27

Acts 17:27. So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:28. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Desert varnish stains cliff faces in abstract patterns. ; 17:28

Acts 17:28. For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:29. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Desert roses bloom in a hidden canyon after rare rainfall. Their pink petals contrast against weathered sandstone walls. ; 17:29

Acts 17:29. If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart: ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:30. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Jagged peaks pierce through low-hanging clouds at sunrise. Alpine flowers dot the meadow below with splashes of color. ; 17:30

Acts 17:30. Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:31. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Sandhill cranes dance in morning mist. Their calls echo across the marsh. ; 17:31

Acts 17:31. Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:32. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Spring floods transform desert arroyos into rushing streams. ; 17:32

Acts 17:32. Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :And so Paul went away from among them. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:33. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Mist rolls through an ancient olive grove at dawn. Each gnarled trunk tells stories of centuries past. ; 17:33

Acts 17:33. And so Paul went away from among them.

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BasicEnglish Acts  ; image nature: image with the bible verse :But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. ; Discover Bible images illustrated by desert landscapes, like sand dunes, majestic rocks, and starry skies. These images symbolize the grandeur and immensity of God's creation. Download verses like KJV Acts 17:34. Current verse is overlayed with the thematic nature scene : Summer breeze ripples through fields of prairie grass. ; 17:34

Acts 17:34. But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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  • Acts #20: One saviour for all, regardless of culture & tradition (Acts 17); Patrick Berger : Summary: Whatever the place, the culture, the religious context where we were born, the only solution to be reconciled with God is in Jesus Christ, such is the message of the apostles. However, in presenting the gospel in different backgrounds, we have an example of this in chapter 17 of the book of Acts. Here, the missionary team of the apostle Paul exchanges with Jews, proselytes and ancient Greeks.