Acts 17:23 meaning and explanation
For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.
Acts 17:23, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is speaking at the Areopagus in Athens, a city crowded with idols. He has noticed an altar inscribed to an unknown god, likely a safeguard against offending any deity left unnamed.
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