17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.


In Context

14 And then immediately the brothers sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus stayed there still.

15 And they that conducted Paul brought him to Athens: and receiving a commandment to Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.

19 And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof you speak, is?

Acts 17:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:17He disputed, therefore, in the synagogue with the Jews, and with them that served God, and in the marketplace, every day with them that were there.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:17So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:17He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met with him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:17Therefore he disputed in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:17therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshipping persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met with him.