Acts 17:19

And they took him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, of which you speak?

Revised King James 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 philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What is this babbler trying to say? and others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.

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

Acts 17:22Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious.

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

1 John 2:7Brethren, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.

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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