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Distressed by the city’s many idols, Paul teaches Jews on the Sabbath and speaks daily with marketplace visitors. Philosophers challenge his message, questioning what he is saying and whether he proclaims gods they do not know. Brought before the city council, Paul addresses the Athenians’ altar to the unknown god and explains the Creator as Lord of heaven and earth who does not require human-made temples.","164 Paul in Athens  \nActs 17:14-34  \nEnglish Spiritual  \n164 Paul in Athens  \nEnglish  \n© 2020 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nOriginal illustrations by Jim Padgett, © Sweet Publishing licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.  \n[www.sweetpublishing.com](www.sweetpublishing.com)  \nWycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. has skin darkened all of the Jim Padgett illustrations in our collection, and has modified some of them.  \nStory script © 2018 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.  \nTemplate © 2017 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.  \nMusic © 2017 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.  \nA special thanks to the 50+ unnamed people who worked on the story scripts, templates, adapted illustrations and music.  \nPaul went to Athens after preaching in Thessalonica and Berea. But Timothy and Silas stayed at Berea.  \nPaul was distressed to see so many idols in Athens. So he spoke to the Jews in their meeting place on the Sabbath. He also talked every day to the people who came to buy and sell in the marketplace.  \nSome philosophers argued with Paul. They said to one another,“What does this babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be proclaiming foreign gods that we don’t know about.”  \nThey took Paul and brought him to the city council meeting place. They said,“May we know about this new teaching of yours? You are saying some strange things and we want to know what they mean.”  \nSo Paul stood up and said,“People of Athens! I see that you are very religious. As I observed the objects you worship, I found an altar on which is written, ‘To the unknown god.’”  \n“I will tell you about this God who you do not know. This God who made the world and all things in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. 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