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Acts 17:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.”

Acts 17:23 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 17:2323 words
GreekMeaning
διερχόμενοςdierchomenos
Passing throughverbG1330
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἀναθεωρῶνanatheōrōn
beholdingverbG333
τὰta
thearticleG3588
σεβάσματαsebasmata
objects of worshipnounG4574
ὑμῶνhymōn
of youpronounG4771
εὗρονheuron
I foundverbG2147
καὶkai
evenadverbG2532
βωμὸνbōmon
an altarnounG1041
ἐνen
onprepositionG1722
ᾧhō
whichrelative pronounG3739
ἐπεγέγραπτοepegegrapto
had been inscribedverbG1924
ἈγνώστῳAgnōstō
To an unknownadjectiveG57
θεῷtheō
GodnounG2316
ὃho
who / whichrelative pronounG3739
οὖνoun
thereforewordG3767
ἀγνοοῦντεςagnoountes
not knowingverbG50
εὐσεβεῖτεeusebeite
you worshipverbG2151
τοῦτοtouto
he (it was that), hereof, itdemonstrativeG3778
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
καταγγέλλωkatangellō
proclaimverbG2605
ὑμῖνhymin
to youpronounG4771
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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The Unknown God Made Known
The Athenians built an altar to the unknown god, just in case. They'd covered all their theological bases except the one that mattered. Paul reads their anxiety as an invitation. 'What therefore ye wo...
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