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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 17:23Greek 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
whichrelative pronounG3739
ἐπεγέγραπτοepegegrapto
had been inscribedverbG1924
ἈγνώστῳAgnōstō
To an unknownadjectiveG57
θεῷtheō
GodnounG2316
ho
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
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 17:23

more religiously disposed. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with his inscription, To an Unknown God. What therefore ye ignorantly worship, this declare I unto you. Acts 17:23— On which was inscribed, To an Unknown God. The Athenians, namely, as on many occasions they had received gods from foreign parts also — for instance, the temple of Minerva, Pan, and others from different countries — being afraid that there might be some other god not yet…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 38 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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