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Acts 17:19 KJV
Acts · chapter 17 · verse 19
And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?Acts 17:19 · King James Version
Acts 17:19 in context
17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Areopagusareios pagosAreopagus = " martial peak" , a rocky height in the city of Athens, opposite the…G697 →
- doctrinedidachēteaching, that which is taught, doctrine, teaching, concerning something, the act of…G1322 →
- whereofhypoby, underG5259 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- tookepilambanomaito take in addition, to lay hold of, take possession of, overtake, attain, attain to, to…G1949 →
- knowginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
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A scholar that has acquaintance, and is in love, with the learning of the ancients, would think he should be very happy if he were where Paul now was, at Athens, in the midst of the various sects of philosophers, and would have a great many curious questions to ask them, for the explication of the remains we have of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-21