Passage
Acts 17.32
Book: Acts · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
Immediate context (±2 verses)
ASV
30. The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent: 31. inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32. Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.
- Thus Paul went out from among them. 34. But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. (Acts 17:30-34, ASV)
WEB
30. The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent, 31. because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
32. Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
- Thus Paul went out from among them. 34. But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. (Acts 17:30-34, WEB)
KJV
30. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31. Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. hath given: or, offered faith
32. And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
- So Paul departed from among them. 34. Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. (Acts 17:30-34, KJV)
YLT
30. the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform, 31. because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.'
32. And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, 'We will hear thee again concerning this;'
- and so Paul went forth from the midst of them, 34. and certain men having cleaved to him, did believe, among whom [is] also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them. (Acts 17:30-34, YLT)
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Setting
- Speaker: TBD
- Audience: TBD
- Location: TBD
- Time period: TBD
Theological reading
Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.
Key words
Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.
- G0386 - anastasis, anastasis, Strong's G0386
- G3498 - nekros, nekros, Strong's G3498
Quoted in
Arguments and defeaters:
- Argument from the Narrative-Identity Convergence, via Acts 17.31-32
- Minimal Facts Argument
- Mythicism Refutation, via Acts 17.16-34
Concepts:
- Apologetics, via Acts 17.16-34
- Apologist, via Acts 17.16-34
- Engaging the Conclusion-Fixed Skeptic, via Acts 17.32-34
- Lesson 1.2, The Biblical Charge, via Acts 17.16-34
- Lesson 5.1, The Apologist-to-Evangelist Transition, via Acts 17.16-34
- Polytheism, via Acts 17.16-34
- Preaching to Non-Believers
- Resurrection of the Body
- Zeitgeist - Pagan Parallels, via Acts 17.22-34
Lexicon:
Guides:
Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
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