Acts 17:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we want to know what these things mean.

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  • Hos 8:12 : 12 I have written for him the great things of my law, but they were considered a strange thing.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
  • Matt 19:23-25 : 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
  • Mark 9:10 : 10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one another what the rising from the dead could mean.
  • Mark 10:24-26 : 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. 26 And they were exceedingly amazed, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
  • John 6:60 : 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can understand it?
  • John 7:35-36 : 35 Then the Jews said among themselves, Where does he intend to go that we shall not find him? Does he intend to go to the dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles? 36 What does he mean by saying, You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come?
  • Acts 2:12 : 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, 'What does this mean?'
  • Acts 10:17 : 17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius had inquired for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness;
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Heb 5:11 : 11 Of whom we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

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    18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What does this babbler want to say? Others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

    19And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is that you speak of?

  • Acts 17:21-23
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    21For all the Athenians and foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear some new thing.

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    23For as I passed by and observed your objects of worship, I found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the one whom you worship without knowing—Him I proclaim to you.

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren who came reported or spoken any evil of you.

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    11Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

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    15And saying, Men, why do you do these things? We also are men with similar passions as you and preach to you that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things in them,

  • Acts 19:39-40
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    39But if you seek anything concerning other matters, it shall be settled in a lawful assembly.

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    32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and most did not know why they had come together.

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    20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city,

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    20And because I was uncertain of how to investigate such matters, I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.

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    19But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

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    21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard me what I have said to them. Indeed, they know what I said.

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    8And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.

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    20Or else let those who are here say, if they found any wrongdoing in me, while I stood before the council,

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    19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went aside privately and asked him, What is it you have to tell me?

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    7And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power or by what name have you done this?

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    6And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too;

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