Acts 17:16

New English Translation

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:10

He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”

1 Kings 19:14

He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”

Psalm 119:136

Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law. צ (Tsade)

Psalm 119:158

I take note of the treacherous and despise them, because they do not keep your instructions.

Psalm 69:9

Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I think, “I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

Micah 3:8

But I am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin.

Mark 3:5

After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

John 2:13

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Acts 17:15

Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

Acts 17:21

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

Acts 17:23

For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: ‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

Acts 18:1

After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.

Acts 20:22

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

1 Thessalonians 3:1

So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.

2 Peter 2:7

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,