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Acts 17:20 KJV
Acts · chapter 17 · verse 20
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.Acts 17:20 · King James Version
Acts 17:20 in context
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.)
22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bringesteispherōto bring into, in or to, to lead intoG1533 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- earsakoēthe sense of hearing, the organ of hearing, the ear, the thing heard, instruction, namely…G189 →
- knowginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
- meananhas no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AVG302 →
- meanthelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
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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