Acts 17:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Acts 17:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 17:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 17:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.”
Acts 17:23 — World English Bible
Acts 17:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you. ”
Acts 17:23 — American Standard Version
Acts 17:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God--unknown; whom, therefore--not knowing--ye do worship, this One I announce to you.”
Acts 17:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 17:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknownGod. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing [him], him I announce to you. ”
Acts 17:23 — Darby Translation
Acts 17:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For as I passed by, and behelde your deuotions, I founde an altar wherein was written, VNTO THE VNKNOWEN GOD. Whom ye then ignorantly worship, him shewe I vnto you.”
Acts 17:23 — Geneva Bible
Acts 17:23 in Context — Acts 17
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.)
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;
What Does Acts 17:23 Mean?
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