Atos 17 - Bíblia Online

Tendo passado por Anfípolis e Apolônia, chegaram a Tessalônica, onde havia uma sinagoga de judeus. 
Paulo, segundo o seu costume, ali entrou, e por três sábados discutiu com eles, tirando argumentos das Escrituras, 
expondo e demonstrando ser necessário que o Cristo padecesse e ressurgisse dentre os mortos. Este Jesus, que eu vos anuncio, dizia ele, é o Cristo. 
Alguns deles ficaram persuadidos, e se associaram com Paulo e Silas, bem como uma grande multidão de gregos devotos e não poucas mulheres de qualidade. 
Porém os judeus, movidos de inveja, tomando consigo alguns homens maus dentre o vulgacho e, ajuntando a turba, amotinaram a cidade e, assaltando a casa de Jasom, procuravam-nos para os entregar ao povo. 
Porém não os achando, levaram a Jasom e alguns irmãos à presença das autoridades da cidade, clamando: Estes que têm transtornado o mundo, chegaram também aqui, 
aos quais Jasom recolheu. Todos eles vão de encontro aos decretos de César, dizendo haver outro rei que é Jesus. 
Ao ouvirem isto, ficaram perturbadas a multidão e as autoridades da cidade 
e, tendo Jasom e os mais prestado fiança, foram soltos. 
Logo pela noite os irmãos enviaram a Paulo e Silas para Beréia, e tendo eles aí chegado, foram à sinagoga dos judeus. 
Ora estes eram mais nobres do que os de Tessalônica, porque receberam a palavra com toda a avidez, indagando diariamente nas Escrituras se estas coisas eram assim. 
Muitos deles creram, bem como não poucas mulheres gregas de boa posição, e homens. 
Quando os judeus de Tessalônica souberam que também em Beréia era anunciada por Paulo a palavra de Deus, foram lá excitar e perturbar o povo. 
Então os irmãos fizeram logo sair a Paulo para que fosse até o mar. Porém Silas e Timóteo ficaram ali. 
Os que conduziam a Paulo, levaram-no até Atenas e, tendo eles recebido ordem para comunicar a Silas e Timóteo que fossem ter com ele o mais depressa possível, partiram. 
Enquanto Paulo os esperava em Atenas, o seu espírito revoltava-se dentro de si mesmo, vendo a cidade cheia de ídolos. 
Assim na sinagoga discutia ele com os judeus e com os que temiam a Deus, e na praça todos os dias discutia com os que ali se achavam. 
Mas alguns filósofos epicureus e estóicos, contendiam com ele, e uns diziam: Que quererá dizer este paroleiro? e outros: Parece ser proclamador de deuses estranhos; pois pregava a Jesus e a ressurreição. 
Segurando-o, levaram-no ao Areópago, dizendo: Podemos saber que nova doutrina é essa que anuncias? 
Pois tu nos trazes aos ouvidos coisas estranhas; queremos saber que vem a ser isto. 
Ora todos os atenienses e os estrangeiros que ali moravam, não se ocupavam em outra coisa senão em contar ou em ouvir alguma novidade. 
Paulo, posto em pé no meio do Areópago, disse: Atenienses, em tudo vos vejo muitíssimo tementes aos deuses. 
Pois, passando e observando os objetos do vosso culto, achei um altar, em que estava escrito: AO DEUS DESCONHECIDO. O que, pois, adorais sem o conhecer, é o que eu vos anuncio. 
O Deus que fez o mundo e tudo o que nele há, sendo ele o Senhor do céu e da terra, não habita em santuários feitos por mãos dos homens, 
nem é servido por mãos humanas, como se necessitasse de alguma coisa, visto ele mesmo dar a todos vida, respiração e todas as coisas; 
e de um só fez todo o gênero humano para habitar sobre toda a face da terra, havendo fixado os seus tempos determinados e os limites da sua habitação; 
para buscarem a Deus, se, porventura, apalpando, o achassem, ainda que não esteja longe de cada um de nós. 
Pois nele vivemos, e nos movemos, e existimos, como até alguns dos vossos poetas o têm dito: Porque dele também somos geração. 
Sendo, pois, geração de Deus, não devemos pensar que a divindade é semelhante ao ouro ou à prata ou à pedra, lavrada por arte e gênio do homem. 
Dissimulando, pois, os tempos da ignorância, Deus manda agora que todos os homens em todo o lugar se arrependam, 
porquanto tem fixado um dia em que há de julgar o mundo com justiça pelo varão que para isto destinou, do que tem dado certeza a todos, ressuscitando-o dentre os mortos. 
Mas quando ouviram falar da ressurreição dos mortos, uns zombavam, e outros diziam: Sobre isso te ouviremos ainda outra vez. 
Assim Paulo saiu do meio deles. 
Porém alguns homens agregaram-se a ele e creram; entre os quais Dionísio o Areopagita, e uma mulher chamada Damaris, e com eles outros. 

Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews: 
And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings, 
Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ. 
And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women. 
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people. 
And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here; 
Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. 
And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled. 
And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go. 
And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews. 
Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so. 
And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men. 
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up. 
So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still. 
But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly. 
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods. 
So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there. 
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead. 
And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours? 
For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them. 
(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.) 
And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods. 
For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you. 
The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands; 
And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things; 
And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands, 
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us: 
For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring. 
If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man. 
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart: 
Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead. 
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time. 
And so Paul went away from among them. 
But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. 

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Tendo passado por Anfípolis e Apolônia, chegaram a Tessalônica, onde havia uma sinagoga de judeus. 
Paulo, segundo o seu costume, ali entrou, e por três sábados discutiu com eles, tirando argumentos das Escrituras, 
expondo e demonstrando ser necessário que o Cristo padecesse e ressurgisse dentre os mortos. Este Jesus, que eu vos anuncio, dizia ele, é o Cristo. 
Alguns deles ficaram persuadidos, e se associaram com Paulo e Silas, bem como uma grande multidão de gregos devotos e não poucas mulheres de qualidade. 
Porém os judeus, movidos de inveja, tomando consigo alguns homens maus dentre o vulgacho e, ajuntando a turba, amotinaram a cidade e, assaltando a casa de Jasom, procuravam-nos para os entregar ao povo. 
Porém não os achando, levaram a Jasom e alguns irmãos à presença das autoridades da cidade, clamando: Estes que têm transtornado o mundo, chegaram também aqui, 
aos quais Jasom recolheu. Todos eles vão de encontro aos decretos de César, dizendo haver outro rei que é Jesus. 
Ao ouvirem isto, ficaram perturbadas a multidão e as autoridades da cidade 
e, tendo Jasom e os mais prestado fiança, foram soltos. 
Logo pela noite os irmãos enviaram a Paulo e Silas para Beréia, e tendo eles aí chegado, foram à sinagoga dos judeus. 
Ora estes eram mais nobres do que os de Tessalônica, porque receberam a palavra com toda a avidez, indagando diariamente nas Escrituras se estas coisas eram assim. 
Muitos deles creram, bem como não poucas mulheres gregas de boa posição, e homens. 
Quando os judeus de Tessalônica souberam que também em Beréia era anunciada por Paulo a palavra de Deus, foram lá excitar e perturbar o povo. 
Então os irmãos fizeram logo sair a Paulo para que fosse até o mar. Porém Silas e Timóteo ficaram ali. 
Os que conduziam a Paulo, levaram-no até Atenas e, tendo eles recebido ordem para comunicar a Silas e Timóteo que fossem ter com ele o mais depressa possível, partiram. 
Enquanto Paulo os esperava em Atenas, o seu espírito revoltava-se dentro de si mesmo, vendo a cidade cheia de ídolos. 
Assim na sinagoga discutia ele com os judeus e com os que temiam a Deus, e na praça todos os dias discutia com os que ali se achavam. 
Mas alguns filósofos epicureus e estóicos, contendiam com ele, e uns diziam: Que quererá dizer este paroleiro? e outros: Parece ser proclamador de deuses estranhos; pois pregava a Jesus e a ressurreição. 
Segurando-o, levaram-no ao Areópago, dizendo: Podemos saber que nova doutrina é essa que anuncias? 
Pois tu nos trazes aos ouvidos coisas estranhas; queremos saber que vem a ser isto. 
Ora todos os atenienses e os estrangeiros que ali moravam, não se ocupavam em outra coisa senão em contar ou em ouvir alguma novidade. 
Paulo, posto em pé no meio do Areópago, disse: Atenienses, em tudo vos vejo muitíssimo tementes aos deuses. 
Pois, passando e observando os objetos do vosso culto, achei um altar, em que estava escrito: AO DEUS DESCONHECIDO. O que, pois, adorais sem o conhecer, é o que eu vos anuncio. 
O Deus que fez o mundo e tudo o que nele há, sendo ele o Senhor do céu e da terra, não habita em santuários feitos por mãos dos homens, 
nem é servido por mãos humanas, como se necessitasse de alguma coisa, visto ele mesmo dar a todos vida, respiração e todas as coisas; 
e de um só fez todo o gênero humano para habitar sobre toda a face da terra, havendo fixado os seus tempos determinados e os limites da sua habitação; 
para buscarem a Deus, se, porventura, apalpando, o achassem, ainda que não esteja longe de cada um de nós. 
Pois nele vivemos, e nos movemos, e existimos, como até alguns dos vossos poetas o têm dito: Porque dele também somos geração. 
Sendo, pois, geração de Deus, não devemos pensar que a divindade é semelhante ao ouro ou à prata ou à pedra, lavrada por arte e gênio do homem. 
Dissimulando, pois, os tempos da ignorância, Deus manda agora que todos os homens em todo o lugar se arrependam, 
porquanto tem fixado um dia em que há de julgar o mundo com justiça pelo varão que para isto destinou, do que tem dado certeza a todos, ressuscitando-o dentre os mortos. 
Mas quando ouviram falar da ressurreição dos mortos, uns zombavam, e outros diziam: Sobre isso te ouviremos ainda outra vez. 
Assim Paulo saiu do meio deles. 
Porém alguns homens agregaram-se a ele e creram; entre os quais Dionísio o Areopagita, e uma mulher chamada Damaris, e com eles outros. 

Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews: 
And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings, 
Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ. 
And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women. 
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people. 
And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here; 
Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. 
And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled. 
And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go. 
And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews. 
Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so. 
And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men. 
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up. 
So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still. 
But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly. 
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods. 
So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there. 
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead. 
And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours? 
For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them. 
(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.) 
And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods. 
For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you. 
The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands; 
And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things; 
And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands, 
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us: 
For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring. 
If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man. 
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart: 
Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead. 
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time. 
And so Paul went away from among them. 
But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. 

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