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. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye... A View of the Evidences of Christianity - Page 227by William Paley - 1803 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Taylor - Free thinkers and freethought - 1829 - 466 pages
...perceive that ye are exceedingly addicted to the worship of demons." 3. ARCHBISHOP NEWCOMB'S VERSION. " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are somewhat too religious." 4. COMMON VERSION. " Ye men of Athens, 1 perceive that in all things ye are... | |
| William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 378 pages
...Testimonies, Vol. III. p. 21.) Acts xvii. 22. ' Then Paul stood in the midst of Marshill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious ; for, as I passed by and beheld your devotions, I f mind an altar with this inscription,... | |
| Asia - 1836 - 664 pages
...of those Athenians who fell in the batUcof Marathon," and temples glittering around him, exclaim : " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious!" The temple of the Eumenides was below him, the Parthenon of Minerva facing him above;... | |
| Sunday schools - 1830 - 410 pages
...the very spot at Athens where that great Apostle had stood, when he began that admirable sermon — "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious;" coming from a land so distant, I may call myself called upon, not to philosophise or... | |
| Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...SECTION II. Instructions of Paul the Jlpostle. \ 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. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, 1 found an altar with this inscription,... | |
| United States Anti-masonic Convention, Philadelphia - Freemasonry - 1830 - 192 pages
...Amens, were charged with it by the apostle Paul. He said, when he stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are» too superstitious. I found an altar with this inscription, 'To THE UNKNOwN GOD.'" When the light of the... | |
| John Brewster - Bible - 1830 - 602 pages
...expressive of the sublimity of his thoughts) and addressed them in the language of their own orators, " Men of Athens ! I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious." It has been observed, that this expression will bear a softer sense than our translation... | |
| William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 542 pages
...Isaiah lii. 7. SERMON XI. ACTS xvii. 22, 23. Then Paul stootl in the midst of Mars' hill, ami said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription,... | |
| David Booth - English language - 1831 - 408 pages
...St. Paul's famous address to the Athenians contains a notable example of this pronominal inversion: " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription,... | |
| Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 pages
...excite curiosity respecting the discoveries he was about to make, than this opening address of Paul : " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious ; for as I passed by and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription,... | |
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