Acts 17 - RSG Paul Preach - Flees Jews - Mars Hill

[Anne Terri]

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ACTS CHAPTER 17 - RESEARCH STUDY GUIDE

Acts 17:1 Paul with the Disciples travel to Amphipolis, Apollonia, and to Thessalonica synagogue.
Acts 17:2-3 Paul preaches to the Jews for 3 Sabbaths, that Jesus is Christ.
Acts 17:4-10 Non believers, Jews, assault the house of Jason, seeking Paul and Silas. Jason and brethren are brought to the rulers of city
Acts 17:11-12 The Greek Women and men of Berea are more willing to believe, nobles who study scriptures daily. with the non believers accusing Jason of harboring Paul and Silas.
Acts 17:13-17 The Jews of Thessalonica cause trouble. Again, Paul is sent away by sea. Silas and Timotheus are still there. Paul is brought to Athens. He commands Silas and Timotheus to come now.
Acts 17:18-21 Paul and Silas gain followers in Athens, after they preach to philosophers of Epicureans and Stoicks. They are asked questions at Areopagus.
Acts 17: 22-34
A most important moment in Christian history takes place on Mars' hill, when Paul makes his speech to the men of Athens. Through this, they are able to get some of those worshiping an unknown god, to listen. Two new followers are mentioned by name. Dionysius the Areopagite and Damaris, a woman.




Acts 17:1 Paul with the Disciples travel to Amphipolis, Apollonia, and to Thessalonica synagogue.


1: Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:


Acts 17:2-3 Paul preaches to the Jews for 3 Sabbaths, that Jesus is Christ.

2: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3: Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.


Acts 17:4-10 Non believers, Jews, assault the house of Jason, seeking Paul and Silas. Jason and brethren are brought to the rulers of city, with the non believers accusing Jason of harboring Paul and Silas.



4: And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5: But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6: And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7: Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8: And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9: And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10: And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.



Acts 17:11-12 The Greek Women and men of Berea are more willing to believe, nobles who study scriptures daily.


11: These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12: Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.



Acts 17:13-17 The Jews of Thessalonica cause trouble. Again, Paul is sent away by sea. Silas and Timotheus are still there. Paul is brought to Athens. He commands Silas and Timotheus to come now.


13: But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14: And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
15: And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto 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.



Acts 17:18-21 Paul and Silas gain followers in Athens, after they preach to philosophers of Epicureans and Stoicks. They are asked questions at Areopagus.


18: Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19: And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20: For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21: (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)


Acts 17: 22-34
A most important moment in Christian history takes place on Mars' hill, when Paul makes his speech to the men of Athens. Through this, they are able to get some of those worshiping an unknown god, to listen. Two new followers are mentioned by name. Dionysius the Areopagite and Damaris, a woman.

22: Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23: For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25: Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26: And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27: That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30: And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

John 12: 44-47 (Not To Judge, but to Save The World)


44: Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
45: And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
46: I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
47: And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48: He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
49: For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50: And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

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Acts 17:32-33 The Believers in the Resurrection and the ones who Mocked Paul

32: And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33: So Paul departed from among them.
34: Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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Cities Where Paul Traveled - Acts 17

Amphipolis
Apollonia
Thessalonica
Berea
Athens




Names of Acts 17


Paul
Silas
Jason
Timotheus
Dionysius the Areopagite
Damaris, a woman.

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Research Areopagus:

Areopagus is also known as Areios Pagos, and later in the time of the Romans as Mars Hill. The history dates back to 600 years B.C.
This is when the Areopagus was used for the council of elders for the city. As it is written here, in Acts 17 Areopagus, or Mars Hill was the location of Paul's famous speech, where he taught the people, God did not live in temples built by by hands.