Acts 17:19

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They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, 'May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

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  • Acts 17:22 : 22 Paul then stood up in the middle of the Areopagus and said, 'Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
  • Mark 1:27 : 27 The people were all amazed, so they began to question each other: 'What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.'
  • John 13:34 : 34 'I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.'
  • Acts 17:20 : 20 For you bring some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.
  • Matt 10:18 : 18 You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.
  • Acts 24:24 : 24 After some days, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Acts 25:22 : 22 Then Agrippa said to Festus, 'I would also like to hear this man myself.' 'You will hear him tomorrow,' Festus replied.
  • Acts 26:1 : 1 Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.
  • 1 John 2:7-8 : 7 Dear brothers and sisters, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old one that you have had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have already heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

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  • Acts 17:20-23
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    20For you bring some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.

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  • Acts 19:37
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