Acts 17:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as 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

Psalm 119:158

I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep thy commands.

2 Peter 2:7

and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the wicked

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of tears, because men do not keep thy law.

Mark 3:5

And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

Micah 3:8

But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

Psalm 69:9

For zeal for thy house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.

1 Kings 19:14

He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

1 Kings 19:10

He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

Acts 17:23

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 you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

John 2:13

The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Acts 17:15

Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.

Acts 18:1

After this he left Athens and went to Corinth.

Acts 20:22

And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the Spirit, not knowing what shall befall me there;

1 Thessalonians 3:1

Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone,