Acts 17:19

And having taken him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, Can we understand what this new doctrine is, being spoken by thee?

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And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

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18And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, Whatever does this babbler want to say? But others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities, because he brought the good-news--Jesus and t

20For thou bring some surprising things to our ears. Therefore, we want to know whatever these things aim to be.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18and ye will be brought to governors and even kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.

Acts 17:22And having stood in the middle of the Areopagus, Paul said, Athenian men, I perceive you as deity-fearing in all things.

Acts 25:22And Agrippa said to Festus, I also want to hear the man myself. And tomorrow, he says, thou will hear him.

1 John 2:7Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment that ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that ye heard from the beginning.

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:17-22

Paul at Athens. 16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17 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. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, 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… Read the whole commentary →

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