Acts 17:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.”
Acts 17:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 17:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 17:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.””
Acts 17:20 — World English Bible
Acts 17:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.”
Acts 17:20 — American Standard Version
Acts 17:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'”
Acts 17:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 17:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.”
Acts 17:20 — Darby Translation
Acts 17:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For thou bringest certaine strange thinges vnto our eares: we woulde knowe therefore, what these things meane.”
Acts 17:20 — Geneva Bible
Acts 17:20 in Context — Acts 17
18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
What Does Acts 17:20 Mean?
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