Acts 17:23 — Now as I was going along and carefully looking at your objects of worship, I ca… — AMP | maBible
Read Acts 17:23 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Acts 17.23, Acts 17v23, Ac. 17:23. Now as I was going along and carefully looking at your objects of worship, I came to an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you already worship as…
Other reference formats: Acts 17.23, Acts 17v23, Ac. 17:23.
23 Now as I was going along and carefully looking at your objects of worship, I came to an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you already worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
Passage themes
The idolatry of nations — your devotions
Not knowing the true God — TO THE UNKNOWN GOD
Worship in ignorance — Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship
Notes and references
While the philosophers had little or no regard for the old mythological gods of the Greeks, the temples to various deities remained and worship practices continued, at least as a formal tradition. The altar to the Unknown seems to have been constructed for the purpose of acknowledging any god who h…
Events in this chapter
17 — Paul devant l’Aréopage
About this book
Author: Luc · Written: ~ 65 et 80 ap. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 2h40 · Characters: Etienne, Barnabas, Philippe, Pierre, Paul, Corneille, Prisca (Priscille) et Aquilas, Lydie, Silas (Sylvain), Timothée, Jean Marc