Acts 17:19

So they took him and led him to the hill of Mars, saying, May we know what this novel doctrine taught by thee is?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

18Then certain of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him: and some said, What will this chattering fellow say? but others, He seemeth to be a preacher of foreign deities, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

20For thou bringest some strange stories to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18And ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the heathen.

John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Acts 17:22Then Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Ye men of Athens, I observe that in all things ye are too much devoted to the worship of daemons.

Acts 25:22Then Agrippa said to Festus, I wish also myself to hear the man. He said, To-morrow thou shalt hear him.

1 John 2:7Brethren, I write not a new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye have 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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