22Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.


In Context

19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean."

21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)

22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.

23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:

24 "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.

Acts 17:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:22But Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:22And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:22And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:22And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are somewhat superstitious.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:22Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, |You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:22And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, 'Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:22Then Paul stood in the middle of Mars' hill, and said, You men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.