Acts 17:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

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  • Hos 8:12 : 12 Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:
  • Matt 19:23-25 : 23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God. 25 And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?
  • Mark 9:10 : 10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.
  • Mark 10:24-26 : 24 And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God! 25 It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God. 26 And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation?
  • John 6:60 : 60 Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?
  • John 7:35-36 : 35 So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks? 36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?
  • Acts 2:12 : 12 And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?
  • Acts 10:17 : 17 Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,
  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
  • Heb 5:11 : 11 Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.

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    18And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

    19And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

  • Acts 17:21-23
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    21(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

    22And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

    23For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

    22But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

  • Acts 2:11-12
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    11Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.

    12And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

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    15Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

  • Acts 19:39-40
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    39But if any other business is in question, let it be taken up in the regular meeting.

    40For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together. And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

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    22What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.

  • Acts 19:32
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    32And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

  • Acts 2:6-8
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    6And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

    7And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?

    8And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

  • Acts 16:20-21
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    20And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

    21Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

  • Acts 19:37
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    37For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

  • Job 15:9
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    9What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • Acts 24:8
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    8And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him.

  • Acts 25:20
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    20And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

  • Acts 4:19-20
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    19But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

    20For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

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    32Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

  • John 18:21
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    21Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

  • Acts 26:3
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    3The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

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    8And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

  • Acts 4:16
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    16Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.

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    1My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.

  • John 16:18
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    18So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

  • Acts 22:15
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    15For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

  • Acts 23:28
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    28And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:

  • Acts 24:20
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    20Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

  • Acts 23:19-20
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    19And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me?

    20And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail.

  • Acts 19:35
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    35And when the chief secretary had got the people quiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man without knowledge that the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holy place of the great Diana, who was sent down from Jupiter?

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    22Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

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    7Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

  • Acts 17:6
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    6And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

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    14But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

  • Acts 24:11
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    11Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship;

  • Acts 4:13
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    13Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

  • Acts 18:13
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    13Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

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    11Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

  • Acts 24:4
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    4But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.

  • Acts 13:7
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    7Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

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    30And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?