New American Standard Bible 2020

Acts 17:17-19

17SoG3767 he was reasoningG1256 1in the synagogueG4864 with the JewsG2453 and 2the God-fearingG4576 Gentiles, and in the marketplaceG58 everyG3956 dayG2250 with thoseG3588 who happenedG3909 toG3909 beG3909 presentG3909.

18And someG5100 of the EpicureanG1946 and StoicG4770 philosophersG5386 asG2532 wellG2532 were 3conversingG4820 with him. SomeG5100 were sayingG3004, “WhatG5101 could 4thisG3778 5scavengerG4691 ofG4691 tidbitsG4691 wantG2309 to sayG3004?” OthersG3588 G1161, “He seemsG1380 to be a proclaimerG2604 of strangeG3581 deitiesG1140,”--becauseG3754 he was preachingG2097 6JesusG2424 and the resurrectionG386.

19And they 7tookG1949 him and broughtG71 him 8to the 9 10AreopagusG697, sayingG3004, “MayG1410 we knowG1097 whatG5101 11thisG3778 newG2537 teachingG1322 is 12which you are proclaimingG2980?

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 Lit seed gatherer; i.e., an unlearned person collecting only scraps of knowledge ↩
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; Greek 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 ↩