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Acts 17:21 KJV
Acts · chapter 17 · verse 21 · King James Version
(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.)Acts 17:21 · King James Version
Acts 17:21 in context
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.
23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Key words (Strong's)
- Atheniansathēnaiosa person who lives in Athens, an AthenianG117 →
- strangersxenosa foreigner, a stranger, alien , without the knowledge of, without a share in, new…G3581 →
- nothingoudeisno one, nothingG3762 →
- timeeukaireōto have opportunity, to have leisure, to do something, to give one s time to a thingG2119 →
- elseheterosthe other, another, other, to number, to number as opposed to some former person or…G2087 →
- telllegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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