Acts 17:20

for thou sowest foreign words in our hearing, and we desire to know what these things are.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

In Context

19And they took him and brought him to the house of judgment which is called Arios-pagos, saying to him, Can we know what this new doctrine is which thou art preaching?

21But all the Athinoyee, and those foreigners who are there, of no other thing are careful, but to say and to hear something new.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:23But Jeshu said to his disciples, Amen I say unto you, that it is difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:24But his disciples were astonished at his words. And Jeshu answered again, and said to them, My sons, how hard (is it) for those who trust on their riches to enter into the kingdom of Aloha!

John 7:35The Jihudoyee say among themselves, Whither is this about to go, that we cannot find him? To the countries of the nations is he to go, and to teach the Heathens?

Acts 10:17And while Shemun wondered in himself for what (was) the vision he had seen, those men came who had been sent by Cornelius, and inquired for the house where Shemun sojourned, and they came and stood at the gate of the court.

1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach the Meshiha crucified, a scandal to the Jihudoyee, and to the Aramoyee foolishness;

Hebrews 5:11But concerning this Malki-Zedek himself, we have much discourse to utter, and hard to explain, because ye are infirm in your hearing.

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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