Early Church
Paul preaches in Athens
Paul preaches in Athens is dated AD 48. It is told in Acts 17:16–34. Damaris, Dionysius, Paul are part of it.
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- AD 48
- Traditional reckoning
- AD 48
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
- Damaris
- Dionysius
- Paul
Where: Areopagus, Athens.
Which verses connect to Acts 17:16?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Psalm 119:15812 votes
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
- Psalm 119:1368 votes
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
- Exodus 32:19–207 votes
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain. Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
- 2 Peter 2:77 votes
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
- Job 32:18–203 votes
For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me. Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin. …
- Jeremiah 20:93 votes
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.