Acts 16-17

Reading for Tuesday November 19, 2019
​Acts 16-17

Acts 17: 22-24
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;

The Athenians wanted to cover all their bases, so they had an altar to any god that they may have overlooked.  Paul used this to say "hey I know a god you've overlooked, the only God.  The God who created everything.