Acts 17:20

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Acts 17:20

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. We resolve, therefore, to know what these things desire to be.”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 17

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.

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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