Acts 17:19
And taking hold of him, they brought him upon Mars' Hill, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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Matthew 10:18and before governors also and kings will ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I loved you, that ye also love one another.
Acts 17:22And Paul, standing in the midst of Mars' Hill, said: Men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very devout.
Acts 25:22And Agrippa said to Festus: I would also hear the man myself. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
1 John 2:7Beloved, I write not to you a new commandment, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard from the beginning[2:7].
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 →