Acts 17:23
For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found an altar with this inscription, “To an Unknown God.” What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.
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Psalms 50:21You have done these things, but I have kept silent, 1 so you thought that I was someone just like yourself. 1 But I will reprove you and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done. 1
Matthew 15:9They worship me in vain, 1 because they teach as their doctrines the commandments of people.'”
John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me—about whom you say that he is your God.
John 17:25Righteous Father, the world did not know you, but I know you; and these know that you sent me.
Romans 1:20For his invisible qualities, namely his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
1 Corinthians 1:21Since the world in its wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
Matthew Henry on Acts 17:23-32
Paul at Athens. 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 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. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed… Read the whole commentary →