Acts 17:30–32
In Athens, Paul points to the resurrection as God's assurance that he will judge the world with justice
Study it word by word30So God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all people everywhere to change their minds,
31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the inhabited world in righteousness, by a man whom he has appointed, having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
32Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
In its context
28For in him we live and move and are, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
29Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine is like gold or silver or stone, a sculpture of human art and imagination.
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33So Paul went out from their midst.
34But some men joined him and believed, among whom were also Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Its words in the original
- χρόνουςchronous· time
Time; a span of time.
- ἀγνοίαςagnoias· ignorance
Ignorance, not knowing.
- ὑπεριδὼνhyperidōn· overlook
Overlook, take no notice of.
- θεὸςtheos· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- παραγγέλλειparangellei· command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
- ἀνθρώποιςanthrōpois· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- πανταχοῦpantachou· everywhere
Everywhere, in every place.
- μετανοεῖνmetanoein· change one's mind
Change one's mind: turn around one's way of thinking, and with it one's way of living, to return to God. It is usually translated "repent".
- καθότιkathoti· because, as
Because, since; also according as.
- ἔστησενestēsen· stand, set
Stand, stand still, stop; also set, establish.
- ἡμέρανhēmeran· day
Day. "In the days of" someone: in their time.
- μέλλειmellei· be about to
Be about to, be going to do something.
- κρίνεινkrinein· judge
Judge; in the passive, be judged, go to court.
- οἰκουμένηνoikoumenēn· inhabited world
The inhabited world, the earth where people live; also the Roman world.
- δικαιοσύνῃdikaiosynēi· righteousness
Righteousness: what is right before God, and living by it.
- ἀνδρὶandri· man, husband
Man, adult male; with a possessive, "husband".
- ὥρισενhōrisen· determine, appoint
Determine, appoint, designate; also mark off a boundary.
- πίστινpistin· faith
Faith: firm trust in God; also faithfulness.
- παρασχὼνparaschōn· cause, give
Give, provide; cause trouble.
- ἀναστήσαςanastēsas· rise, raise
Get up, stand up; also rise from the dead.
- νεκρῶνnekrōn· dead
Dead.
- ἈκούσαντεςAkousantes· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- ἀνάστασινanastasin· resurrection
Resurrection: coming back to life after death.
- ἐχλεύαζονechleuazon· mock, sneer
Mock, sneer, jeer.
- εἶπανeipan· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- πάλινpalin· again
Again, once more; also "in turn".