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1 And having travelled through [the] Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 According to the custom with Paul, he went into them. And on three Sabbaths he discussed (with) them from the Scripture,
3 explaining and demonstrating that it was necessary for Christ to suffer and [to] rise again from (the) dead, and “[that] this [the] Jesus, whom I announce to you, is the Christ.”
4 And some of them were persuaded, and both a great multitude of the devout Greeks and not a few of leading women joined [the] Paul and [the] Silas.
5 But having become jealous, and having taken some wicked men (from) the marketplace, and having gathered a crowd, the Jews were setting the city in a uproar. And having arrived at the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring forward to the people.
6 But not having found them, they were dragging Jason and some brothers to the city-rulers, shouting, “These (men) who having turned the world upside down have come here also,”
7 “whom Jason has welcomed. And these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, ‘there is another king, Jesus’”
8 And they roused the crowd and the city-rulers hearing these things.
9 And having taken bail from [the] Jason and the rest, they released them.
10 And the brothers immediately sent [the] Paul and [the] Silas away through (the) night to Berea, who, having arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 And these were more noble than the (ones) in Thessalonica, who received the word with all eagerness, daily studying the Scriptures, whether these things have(=were) so.
12 Therefore, many of them believed, and not a few of the honourable Greek women and men (did so).
13 But when the Jews from(=of)1 [the] Thessalonica knew that in(=at) [the] Berea also the word of God was proclaimed by [the] Paul, they came there, shaking and inciting the crowds.
14 And then immediately the brothers sent away Paul to go as far as to the sea. But both [the] Silas and [the] Timothy remained there.
15 And the ones conducting [the] Paul brought (him) as far as Athens. And having received a command for [the] Silas and [the] Timothy that they should come(#aoritst subjunctive) to him as soon as possible, they departed.
16 And in [the] Athens Paul’s waiting for them(=while Paul was waiting for them)2, his spirit was being provoked in him, (his) seeing(=when he saw)3 the city being full of idols.
17 Therefore he was discussing in the synagogue (with) the Jews, and (with) the worshipping ones, and (with) the ones meeting by chance in the marketplace everyday.
18 And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were debating with him. And some were saying, “What want(#optative) this babbler to say?”. Others (were saying), “He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons,” because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
19 And having taken hold of him, they brought to Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching spoken by you is?”
20 “For you bring strange things to our ears, we want to know what these things want to be(=mean).”
21 And all Athenians and the foreigners residing (there) were spending time in nothing else but either to say something (newer) or to hear something newer.
22 And having stood in (the) midst of the Areopagus, Paul said, “Men of Athens, I see that in all things you are very religious.”
23 “For passing through and looking up(=as I walked about and looked up) your objects of worship, I found also an altar in(=on) which ‘To An Unknown God’ had been inscribed. Therefore you worship what you are unknown, this I announce (to) you.”
24 “The God having made the world and all things in it, this one being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples hand-made(=made by men).”
25 “Nor is he served by men’s hands, needing of some(=as though he needs some). He himself (is the One) giving to all (men) life and breath and all things.”
26 “And he made from one (man) every nation of men to dwell on all (the) face of the earth, having determined seasons [having been] appointed and the boundaries of their dwelling,”
27 “to seek [the] God, if perhaps they wish to feel (=touch)4 him and to find(#aorist optative), though (his) being not far from each one of us.”
28 “For in him we live and move and are(=have our being), as also some of poets among you have said, ‘We are also (his) offspring.’”
29 “Therefore being offspring of [the] God, we ought not to suppose (for) the deity to be like gold or silver or stone - sculpture(=engraven) by craftsmanship and idea of man.”
30 “Having overlooked the times of ignorance, [the] God now commands to men (for) all (men) everywhere to repent.”
31 “For he set a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he determined, having provided to all an assurance(=evidence), having raised him from (the) dead.”
32 And having heard (of the) resurrection of (the) dead, some were mocking, and others said, “We will hear you about this again.”
33 Thus [the] Paul left from (the) midst of them.
34 And having joined him, some men believed, among whom also (was) Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name(=named) Damaris, and others with them.