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Acts 17:19

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof you speak, is?

Updated King James Version

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 Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

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

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Cross References

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

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

Acts 17:22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, All of you men of Athens, I perceive that in all things all of you are too superstitious.

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

1 John 2:7Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which all of you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word (o. logos) which all of you 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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