Acts 17:19

They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?

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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

18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

20For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

Acts 17:22Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

Acts 25:22Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”

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