To The Unknown God!
To The Unknown
God!
And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving
a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they
departed. Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in
him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue
with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them
that met with him. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the
Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? Other
some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto
them Jesus, and the Resurrection.
And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we
know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest is? For thou bringest
certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things
mean.
For all the Athenians and strangers
which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to
hear some new thing. 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 ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto
you.
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; Neither is
worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, seeing He giveth to
all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell on all the face of the Earth, and hath determined the Times before
Appointed, and the Bounds of their Habitation.
That they should seek the Lord, if haply
they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of
us: For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your
own poets have said, For we are also His Offspring.
Forasmuch then as we are the Offspring of God, we ought not to
think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art
and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
commandeth all men everywhere to repent:
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. 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. Howbeit certain men clave unto him
and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named
Damaris, and others with them.
Some mocked and others
said We will hear thee again of this matter What a pity These educated fools
missed their destiny with Eternity and with God For it is appointed unto all
men once to die but after this the Judgement!
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The author would really appreciate your constructive comments based on how you understood and interpret each poem. Poems can mean different things to different persons and all views can be correct as long as they conform to the contents thereof. This is the beauty of Poetry.
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