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Acts 17

Acts 17 ( Acts • Chapter 17 (34 verses)): Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia , they came to Thessalonica , where was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs h... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Amphipolis , Apollonia , Thessalonica , Berea , Athens . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles—Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Ephesus (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 18:19 , Acts 18:21 , Acts 18:24 , Acts 19:1 , Acts 19:17 , Acts 19:26 .) Thessalonica (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:1 , Acts 17:11 , Acts 17:13 , Acts 27:2 , Phil 4:16 , 2 Tim 4:10 .) Athens (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:15 , Acts 17:16 , Acts 17:22 , Acts 18:1 , 1 Thes 3:1 .) Miletus (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 20:15 , Acts 20:17 , 2 Tim 4:20 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Lion Panel from Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room — Molded polychrome glazed brick relief panel of a striding roaring lion from the facade of King Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room and Processional Way in Babylon —symbolizing royal Babylonian power as echoed in Jeremiah 50:17 and Daniel 7:4 . Silver Half-Shekel ( Temple Tax Coin ) — High-purity silver half-shekel (didrachm) used for the annual Sanctuary tax prescribed in Exodus 30:13–15 for every adult Israelite and referenced in Matthew 17:24–27 when Jesus and Peter paid the two-person Temple tax at Capernaum .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 17:33 : "So Paul departed from among them."; Acts 17:17 : "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 17:8 : "And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 17 ( Acts • Chapter 17 (34 verses)), Acts (New Testament • 28 Chapters), Acts 1 (Acts • Chapter 1 (26 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Acts 17
99% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 17 (34 verses)

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia , they came to Thessalonica , where was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs h... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Amphipolis , Apollonia , Thessalonica , Berea , Athens .

Acts
99% New Testament
New Testament • 28 Chapters

Acts (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Mary . Key places: Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet , Mesopotamia , Cappadocia . Opens with: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,..."

Acts 17:22
99% Verse
Acts Chapter 17, Verse 22

Scripture passage in Acts 17:22

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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Acts 13 –28 following Paul's missionary journeys across the Greco-Roman world, the Jerusalem Council uniting Jewish and Gentile believers, trials, and unhindered proclamation in Rome .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Ephesus
90% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 37.953°N, 27.368°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 18:19 , Acts 18:21 , Acts 18:24 , Acts 19:1 , Acts 19:17 , Acts 19:26 .

Stepped Stone Structure — Citadel of David / Millo
IMAGE • archaeology

Colossal 12-story high terraced retaining wall supporting the royal palace acropolis of the City of David .

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Megiddo Solomonic City Gate — Six-Chambered Iron Age Gateway
IMAGE • archaeology

Monumental six-chambered ashlar gate matching royal engineering at Hazor and Gezer ( 1 Kings 9:15 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Scythopolis (Beth Shean) — Roman Theater & Decumanus
IMAGE • archaeology

Preserved basalt and limestone theater and colonnaded street of the chief city of the Decapolis .

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah

Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Thessalonica
80% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 40.632°N, 22.932°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:1 , Acts 17:11 , Acts 17:13 , Acts 27:2 , Phil 4:16 , 2 Tim 4:10 .

Athens
79% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 37.983°N, 23.733°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:15 , Acts 17:16 , Acts 17:22 , Acts 18:1 , 1 Thes 3:1 .

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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Acts 1 –12 showing the Risen Jesus empowering his followers with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost , the bold multi-ethnic community in Jerusalem , and early expansion across Judea and Samaria .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Miletus
77% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 37.500°N, 27.300°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 20:15 , Acts 20:17 , 2 Tim 4:20 .

Areopagus
76% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Athens • 37.983°N, 23.733°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:19 , Acts 17:22 (identified with Athens ).

Berea
76% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 40.517°N, 22.200°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:10 , Acts 17:13 .

Amphipolis
75% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 40.823°N, 23.839°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:1 .

Apollonia
74% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 40.588°N, 23.353°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:1 .

Forum of Appius
74% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 41.469°N, 12.994°E

http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Results.jsp?Feature__Unique_Feature_ID=-117178&Diacritics=Yes&reload=1. Referenced in Acts 28:15 .

Syrtis
74% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.767°N, 18.506°E

water; from harper; now Sidra. Referenced in Acts 27:17 .

Rome
73% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 41.900°N, 12.483°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 2:10 , Acts 18:2 , Acts 19:21 , Acts 23:11 , Acts 28:14 , Acts 28:16 .

Crete
69% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 35.171°N, 25.007°E

island. Referenced in Acts 27:7 , Acts 27:12 , Acts 27:13 , Acts 27:21 , Titus 1:5 .

ἀνομία
anomia (anomía) [an-om-ee'-ah]
G0458 Greek noun feminine 15x
lawlessness, iniquity

Primary meaning: lawlessness, iniquity. Strong's: illegality, i.e. violation of law or (genitive case) wickedness. Lexical nuances: lawlessness , iniquity : Mt 7:23 13:41 23:28 24:12 , Ro 6:19 , II Co 6:14 , II Th 2:3 , 7 , Tit 2:14 , He 1:9 , I Jo 3:4 ; in pl. (as LXX, Ps 31:1 , al.; v. Bl., § 32, 6; Swete, Mk. , 153), of acts or manifestations of lawlessness: Ro 4:7 (LXX) , He 10:17 .†

Derivation: from G459 (ἄνομος);
Antioch 2
68% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 38.316°N, 31.179°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:14 , Acts 14:19 , Acts 14:21 , 2 Tim 3:11 .

Pisidia
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Antioch 2 • 38.316°N, 31.179°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:14 , Acts 14:24 (identified with Antioch 2 ).

Salamis
65% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 35.177°N, 33.908°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:5 .

Interactive 3D Glazed Brick Relief • Daniel 4:30 & Daniel 7:4

Molded polychrome glazed brick relief panel of a striding roaring lion from the facade of King Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room and Processional Way in Babylon —symbolizing royal Babylonian power as echoed in Jeremiah 50:17 and Daniel 7:4 .

Interactive 3D Silver Coin • Exodus 30:13 & Matthew 17:24–27

High-purity silver half-shekel (didrachm) used for the annual Sanctuary tax prescribed in Exodus 30:13–15 for every adult Israelite and referenced in Matthew 17:24–27 when Jesus and Peter paid the two-person Temple tax at Capernaum .

אַלְמָנָה
almana (ʾalmānâ) [al-maw-NAW]
H490 Hebrew noun feminine 55x
widow, bereft woman

Widow; woman whose provider has died, defenseless before creditors; Yahweh Himself acts as Judge and Defender of widows (Psalm 68:5).

Derivation: From אָלַם (H481) in sense of silence, bereavement.
ἀγαθός
agathos (agathós) [ag-ath-os']
G0018 Greek adjective 102x
good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness

Primary meaning: good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness. Strong's: "good" (in any sense, often as noun). Lexical nuances: in general, good , in physical and in moral sense, used of persons, things, acts, conditions, etc., applied to that which is regarded as "perfect in its kind, so as to produce pleasure and satisfaction, . . . that which, in itself good, is also at once for the good and the advantage of him who comes in contact with it" (Cremer, 3): γῆ , Lk 8:8 ; δένδρον , Mt 7:18 ; καρδία , Lk 8:15 ; δόσις , Ja...

Derivation: a primary word;
Acts 1
52% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 1 (26 verses)

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his pa... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet .

Acts 2
52% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 2 (47 verses)

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and... Mentions: Joel , Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , David , Jerusalem , Mesopotamia , Cappadocia , Pontus , Asia .

Acts 3
51% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 3 (26 verses)

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Moses , Nazareth , Solomon's .

Acts 4
51% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 4 (37 verses)

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , David , Joses , Jerusalem , Nazareth , Cyprus .

Codex Alexandrinus (A, 02) — Acts of the Apostles 1
IMAGE • manuscripts

Uncial folio depicting Christ 's ascension and the waiting apostles in Jerusalem .

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Codex Vaticanus (B, 03) — Romans 1:1–17
IMAGE • manuscripts

Paul's thesis of the Gospel: 'The righteous shall live by faith' ( Habakkuk 2:4 quotation).

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III — King Jehu of Israel
IMAGE • archaeology

Neo-Assyrian bas-relief (825 BCE) showing King Jehu bowing before the Assyrian monarch, the only contemporary depiction of an Israelite king.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Scripture Passages (24)

Acts 17:33 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

So Paul departed from among them.

Acts 17:17 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

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 17:8 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

Acts 17:9 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

Acts 17:20 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

Acts 17:12 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

Acts 17:30 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Acts 17:1 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

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

Acts 17:2 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

Acts 17:19 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus , saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

Acts 17:7 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus .

Acts 17:10 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea : who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Acts 17:14 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.

Acts 17:16 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens , his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

Acts 17:32 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

And when we were come to Jerusalem , the brethren received us gladly.

For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

Acts 17:25 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

Acts 17:34 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus , and called the elders of the church.

Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

Acts 17:21 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

(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 (KJV)
Acts 17 KJV

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.

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