Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Comme Paul les attendait à Athènes, il sentait au dedans de lui son esprit s'irriter, à la vue de cette ville pleine d'idoles.
KJV
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
Theodoretus
Historia Ecclesiastica
τοῦ ἰνίου γυμνὰς τῶν δερμάτων εἰργάσαντο. ἐνίους δὲ καλάμοις ἡμιτόμοις καλύψαντες καὶ τὰς τομὰς τῷ 1 Act. 17, 16 — 11/12 vgl. Theodoret. Epist. 82 PG 83, 1265 B — 171S. 344, 10 vgl. Theodoret. Gr. aff. cur. IX 32 S. 229, 6 [Raeder] — —S. S. 344, 10 vgl. Synax. 17, 33. 573, 49 (Co…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
called idolatry, and should rather be named "worship of creatures." On the contrary, It is related ( Acts 17:16 ) that when Paul awaited Silas and Timothy at Athens, "his spirit was stirred within him seeing the whole city given to idolatry," and further on ( Acts 17:22 ) he says…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)
Spiritu, ut Macedoniam visitet (Act. XX, 1, 3) ; incitatur a Spiritu, ut Atheniensibus evangelizet (Act. XVII, 16) ; alligatus Spiritu Jerosolymam properat (Act. XX, 22) . Vides quomodo insidens ei Spiritus sanctus quasi jumento suo, nunc stringit habenas, ne eat quo vult; [Col.…
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