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


In Context

19 They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, |May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.|

21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

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

23 For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.

24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:22Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.

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 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.