Acts 17:19

And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

20For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

John 13:34I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

Acts 17:22And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

Acts 25:22And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.

1 John 2:7My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.

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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