Acts 17:20

18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, 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 resurrection.

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

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

21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
for det er underlige ting du forteller oss; og vi ønsker å få vite hva det betyr.»
OTB
For du bringer noen merkelige ideer til våre ører, og vi vil vite hva de betyr.»
B1930
for underlige ting fører du frem for våre ører; vi ønsker derfor å få vite hvad dette skal bety.
BSB
For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
KJV
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
WEB
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
ASV
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
DARBY
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
BLB
For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. We resolve, therefore, to know what these things wish to be.”

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