Acts 17:19

American Standard Version (1901)

And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee?

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  • Acts 17:22 : 22 And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious.
  • Mark 1:27 : 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.
  • John 13:34 : 34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
  • Acts 17:20 : 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
  • Matt 10:18 : 18 yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 24:24 : 24 But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Acts 25:22 : 22 And Agrippa [said] unto Festus, I also could wish to hear the man myself. To-morrow, saith he, thou shalt hear him.
  • Acts 26:1 : 1 And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:
  • 1 John 2:7-8 : 7 Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard. 8 Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

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    15But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

    16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

    17So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.

    18And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

  • Acts 17:20-23
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    20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

    21(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)

    22And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious.

    23For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.

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  • Acts 5:27
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    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

  • Acts 19:37
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  • Acts 14:15
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    15and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

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