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Acts 17:20

18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

21 Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

22 Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.”
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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hosea 8:12

    Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:23

    but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:18

    For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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  • 1 Peter 4:4

    Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.

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  • John 7:35–36

    At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

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  • Mark 10:24–26

    And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

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  • John 6:60

    On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

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