New American Standard Bible 1995
Acts 17:17-19
17So he was reasoning 1in the synagogue with the Jews and 2the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present.
18And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were 3conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would 4this 5idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”--because he was preaching 6Jesus and the resurrection.
19And they 7took him and brought him 8to the 910Areopagus, saying, “May we know what 11this new teaching is 12which you are proclaiming?
Notes
- 1. Acts 17:17 Acts 9:20; 17:2 ↩
- 2. Acts 17:17 Acts 17:4 ↩
- 3. Acts 17:18 Or disputing ↩
- 4. Acts 17:18 1 Cor 1:20; 4:10 ↩
- 5. Acts 17:18 I.e. one who makes his living by picking up scraps ↩
- 6. Acts 17:18 Acts 4:2; 17:31f ↩
- 7. Acts 17:19 Acts 23:19 ↩
- 8. Acts 17:19 Or before ↩
- 9. Acts 17:19 Or Hill of Ares, god of war ↩
- 10. Acts 17:19 Acts 17:22 ↩
- 11. Acts 17:19 Mark 1:27 ↩
- 12. Acts 17:19 Lit which is being spoken by you ↩
Commentaries on Acts 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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