Acts 17
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Acts 17:16-21

16NowG1161 while PaulG3588G3972 waitedG1551 for themG846 atG1722 AthensG3588G116, hisG846 spiritG3588G4151 was stirredG3947 inG1722 himG846, whenG1510 he sawG2334 the cityG3588G4172 wholly given to idolatryG2712. 17ThereforeG3767 disputed heG1256 inG1722 the synagogueG3588G4864 with the JewsG3588G2453, andG2532 with the devout personsG3588G4576, andG2532 inG1722 the marketG3588G58 dailyG2596G3956G2250 withG4314 them thatG3588 met with himG3909. 18ThenG1161 certainG5100 philosophersG5386 of the EpicureansG3588G1946, andG2532 of the StoicksG3588G4770, encounteredG4820 himG846. AndG2532 someG5100 saidG3004, WhatG5101 willG2309 thisG3778 babblerG3588G4691 sayG3004? other someG3588, He seemethG1380 to beG1510 a setter forthG2604 of strangeG3581 godsG1140: becauseG3754 he preachedG2097 unto themG846 JesusG3588G2424, andG2532 the resurrectionG3588G386. 19AndG5037 they tookG1949 himG846, and brought himG71 untoG1909 AreopagusG3588G697, sayingG3004, MayG1410 we knowG1097 whatG5101 thisG3778 newG2537 doctrineG1322, whereofG5259 thouG4771 speakestG2980, is? 20ForG1063 thou bringestG1533 certainG5100 strangeG3579 things toG1519 ourG1473 earsG3588G189: we wouldG1014 knowG1097 thereforeG3767 whatG5101 these thingsG3778 meanG2309. 21(ForG1161 allG3956 the AtheniansG117 andG2532 strangersG3581 whichG3588 were thereG1927 spent their timeG2119 inG1519 nothingG3762 elseG2087, but eitherG2228 to tellG3004, orG2532 to hearG191 someG5100 new thingG2537.)

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