Acts 17:19

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Acts 17:19

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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?

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?

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ASV

American Standard Version

And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And having taken hold of him, they brought [him] to the Areopagus, saying, “Are we able to know what this new teaching [is] that is spoken by you?

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Acts 17

¹⁷ So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

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?

²⁰ 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.

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