Acts 17:22-23

Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious. 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.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Acts 17

3 songs meet this passage

  • “I will pray to the gods and the angels”

    Like a Stone · Audioslave

    strains against Acts 17:22-23

    The narrator's undirected prayer to unnamed 'gods' echoes Paul's Athenians, who worshipped without truly knowing whom they sought.

  • “Offerings on the altar to the unknown God”

    Altar to the Unknown God · Theocracy

    resonates with Acts 17:23

    Directly retells Paul's observation of the Athenian altar inscribed 'to an unknown god,' which he used as a bridge to proclaim Christ.

  • Building a Mystery · Sarah McLachlan

    resonates with Acts 17:23

    Like the altar 'to an unknown god,' this figure prays to something undefined, groping toward worship without a clear object.

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