Acts 17
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Acts 17:18-21

18And someG5100 of the EpicureanG1946 and StoicG4770 philosophersG5386 asG2532 wellG2532 were 1conversingG4820 with him. SomeG5100 were sayingG3004, “WhatG5101 could 2thisG3778 3scavengerG4691 ofG4691 tidbitsG4691 wantG2309 to sayG3004?” OthersG3588G1161, “He seemsG1380 to be a proclaimerG2604 of strangeG3581 deitiesG1140,”--becauseG3754 he was preachingG2097 4JesusG2424 and the resurrectionG386. 19And they 5tookG1949 him and broughtG71 him 6to the 78AreopagusG697, sayingG3004, “MayG1410 we knowG1097 whatG5101 9thisG3778 newG2537 teachingG1322 is 10which you are proclaimingG2980? 20For you are bringingG1533 someG5100 strangeG3579 thingsG3579 to our earsG189; soG3767 we wantG1014 to knowG1097 whatG5101 theseG3778 thingsG3778 meanG2309G1510.” 21(NowG1161 allG3956 the AtheniansG117 and the strangersG3581 11visitingG1927 there used to spendG2119 their timeG2119 in nothingG3762 otherG2087 thanG2228 tellingG3004 orG2228 hearingG191 somethingG5100 newG2537.)

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 17:18 Or disputing ↩
  2. 2. Acts 17:18 1 Cor 1:20; 4:10 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 17:18 Lit seed gatherer; i.e., an unlearned person collecting only scraps of knowledge ↩
  4. 4. Acts 17:18 Acts 4:2; 17:31f ↩
  5. 5. Acts 17:19 Acts 23:19 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 17:19 Or before ↩
  7. 7. Acts 17:19 Or Hill of Ares; Greek god of war ↩
  8. 8. Acts 17:19 Acts 17:22 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 17:19 Mark 1:27 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 17:19 Lit which is being spoken by you ↩
  11. 11. Acts 17:21 Acts 2:10 ↩

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