Acts 17:23
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 17:23 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription — ‘To an Unknown God.’ What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn als ich umherging und die Gegenstände eurer Verehrung betrachtete, fand ich auch einen Altar, an welchem die Aufschrift war: Dem unbekannten Gott. Den ihr nun, ohne ihn zu kennen, verehret, diesen verkündige ich euch.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque pasando y mirando vuestros santuarios, hallé también un altar en el cual estaba esta inscripción: AL DIOS NO CONOCIDO. Aquél pues, que vosotros honráis sin conocerle, á éste os anuncio yo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque enquanto eu passava pela cidade e via vossos santuários, achei também um altar, em que estava escrito: AO DEUS DESCONHECIDO. Este a quem vós prestais devoção sem conhecer, este é o que eu vos anuncio;
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Pois, passando eu e observando os objetos de vossa adoração, encontrei um altar com a seguinte inscrição: "AO DEUS DESCONHECIDO". Pois bem, Aquele que adorais sem saber quem é, a Este vos anuncio.
📖 Acts 17:23 in Context
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.)
22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23For 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.
24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
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