Acts 17:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed when he saw that the city was full of idols.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Now while Paul was awaiting them at Athens, his spirit was grieved and roused to anger as he saw that the city was full of idols.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ While Paul waited for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to find that the city was flooded with idols.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred up within him, seeing the city given over to idolatry.

Acts 17:16 Cross References

1 Kings 19:10

He replied, ‘I have been very zealous  for the Lord God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant,  torn down your altars,  and killed your prophets  with the sword. I alone am left,  and they are looking for me to take my life.’

1 Kings 19:14

‘I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Armies,’ he replied, ‘but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they’re looking for me to take my life.’

Jeremiah 20:9

I say, ‘I won’t mention him or speak any longer in his name.’ But his message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones. I become tired of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

Micah 3:8

As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the  Lord, with justice and courage, to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.

Mark 3:5

After looking round at them with anger,  he was grieved at the hardness  of their hearts and told the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

John 2:13

The Jewish Passover  was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Acts 17:15

Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

Acts 17:23

For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, “To an Unknown God.” Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

Acts 18:1

After this, he  left Athens and went to Corinth,

Acts 20:22

‘And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, compelled by the Spirit,  not knowing what I will encounter there,

1 Thessalonians 3:1

Therefore, when we could no longer stand it, we thought it was better to be left alone in Athens.

2 Peter 2:7

and if he rescued righteous Lot,  distressed by the depraved behaviour of the immoral