Acts 17:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²² So Paul, standing in the middle of the Are-opagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² So Paul, standing in the center of the Areopagus [Mars Hill meeting place], said: Men of Athens, I perceive in every way [on every hand and with every turn I make] that you are most religious or very reverent to demons.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very religious.

Common English Bible

²² Paul stood up in the middle of the council on Mars Hill and said, “People of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² But Paul, standing in the middle of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are rather superstitious.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² But Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.

Acts 17:22 Cross References

Jeremiah 50:38

A drought upon her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols.

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 17:16

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.

Acts 17:19

And they took hold of him and brought him to the Are-opagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is which you present?

Acts 17:34

But some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Are-opagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

Acts 19:35

And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?

Acts 25:19

but they had certain points of dispute with him about their own superstition and about one Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.