Acts 17:20

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For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”

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  • Hos 8:12 : 12 I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them!
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
  • Matt 19:23-25 : 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples,“I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! 24 Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.” 25 The disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said,“Then who can be saved?”
  • Mark 9:10 : 10 They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.
  • Mark 10:24-26 : 24 The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“Children, how hard it is 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 person to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 They were even more astonished and said to one another,“Then who can be saved?”
  • John 6:60 : 60 Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said,“This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?”
  • John 7:35-36 : 35 Then the Jewish leaders said to one another,“Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he? 36 What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”
  • Acts 2:12 : 12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”
  • Acts 10:17 : 17 Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.
  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 The Message of the Cross For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Heb 5:11 : 11 The Need to Move on to Maturity On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

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    18Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

    19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

  • Acts 17:21-23
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    21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

    22So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said,“Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.

    23For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

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    21They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.

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    11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”

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  • Acts 14:15
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    15“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

  • Acts 19:39-40
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    39But if you want anything in addition, it will have to be settled in a legal assembly.

    40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”

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    22What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.

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    32So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

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    6When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

    7Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

    8And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?

  • Acts 16:20-21
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    20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

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  • Acts 19:37
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    37For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

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    8When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”

  • Acts 25:20
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    20Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

  • Acts 4:19-20
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    19But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

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    21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”

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    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

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    8They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

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    18So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”

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    28Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.

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    20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

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    19The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?”

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    4But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

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    7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

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