Acts 17:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. ”

• Acts 17:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Certain strange things - Literally, something pertaining to a foreign country or people. Here it means something unusual or remarkable - something different from what they had been accustomed to...

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• Acts 17:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul at Athens. Athens was at this time no longer the intellectual centre of the world, nor the best of the leading schools of philosophy; but the fame of the city drew many to it, and a visit to A...

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• Acts 17:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  strange . Greek. xenizo, to treat as xenos ( Acts 17:18 ), hence to lodge. See Acts 10:6 ; Acts 10:18 ; Acts 10:23 ; Acts 10:32 . 1Pe 4:4, 1 Peter 4:12 . ears . Greek. akoe, hearing....

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• Acts 17:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. Thou bringest - strange things to our ears - The doctrine of the apostles was different from any...

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• Acts 17:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. For thou bringest certain strange things, х xenizonta ( G3579 ) tina ( G5100 )]...

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• Acts 17:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Second Missionary Journey (continued) 1-15. Thessalonica and Berœa. 1. Amphipolis] 32 m. W. of Philippi. Apollonia ] 30 m. W. of Amphipolis. Thessalonica ] now Salonika, was the capital of the...

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• Acts 17:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thou bringest certain strange things. — The adjective stands for a Greek participle, things that startle, or leave an impression of strangeness.

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• Acts 17:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29-31 ; Acts 17:1-2 ; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia...

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• Acts 17:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Stirred by Idolatry Acts 17:13-21 From the first, the gospel was baptized in the fire of persecution. How unutterable the loneliness and sorrow of the Apostle as he reached Athens! Did doubt ev...

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• Acts 17:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  At Thessalonica and Berea the apostle visited the synagogues, and again in each case persecution arose from the Jews. A sentence which fell from the lips of the leader of the mob shows with what rapi...

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• Acts 17:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. (17) Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout...

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• Acts 17:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  ‘STRANGE THINGS’ ‘Thou bringest certain strange things to our ears.’ Acts 17:20 When St. Paul was speaking to the bystanders in the agora, the learned men of the Stoics and Epicureans sects,...

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• Acts 17:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears ,.... Strange doctrines and strange deities, such as they had never heard of before: we would know therefore what these things mean ; they desi...

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• Acts 17:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. Ver. 20. For thou bringest certain strange things ] Or, new, never heard of, ξενιζοντα. Yet n...

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• Acts 17:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And The crowd increasing to a greater number than could conveniently hear him, in the place where they then were; they took and brought him unto Areopagus Or, the hill of Mars , dedicated to Mar...

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• Acts 17:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  From Philippi Paul and his company travelled westward in Greece to Thessalonica (also in Macedonia). A Jewish synagogue being there, they attended this for three sabbath days, reasoning with the Jews...

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• Acts 17:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Paul at Athens.       16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to id...

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• Acts 17:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The greatest objection which these men had against the gospel was, that it was strange and new. That it is not new was apparent, it having been in the Old Testament (as the ripe fruit is in the bloss...

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• Acts 17:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Effective Ministry in Athens (17:15-34). His Berean guides saw Paul safely to Athens. This had not been where he was originally aiming for. After Thessalonica his intention had probably been to pr...

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• Acts 17:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 17:16 . Athens .—Described by Milton ( Paradise Regained , Acts 4:20 ) as “the eye of Greece,” and “the mother of arts and eloquence.” The capital of Attica was situated a...

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• Acts 17:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Acts 17:20 God of the Times of Ignorance. Notice three general principles which we shall do well to have clearly in mind always when we read our Bibles. I. There is a progress in the Divine reve...

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• Acts 17:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Acts 17:1 . When they had passed through Amphipolis. Boiste adds the Roman name Emboli. It was built by Simon, the Athenian commander. It stood on an island formed in the river Strymon, and was...

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• Acts 17:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athena Paul at Athens I. The place which the apostle visited. Athens. II. The feelings of which he was the subject. Not of admiration at the ma...

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• Acts 17:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Acts 17:1 Amphipolis . This was the ancient capital of that division of Macedonia (Macedonia Prima); see Acts 16:12 , note. It was situated on the Via Egnatia, thirty-four mil...

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• Acts 17:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Paul in Athens. The arrival and the first discussions:

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• Acts 17:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 1:18 ; 1 Corinthians 1:23 ; 1 Corinthians 2:14 ; 1 Peter 4:4 ; Acts 10:17 ; Acts 2:12 ; Hebrews 5:11 ; Hosea 8:12 ; John 6:60 ; John 7:35 ; John 7:36 ; Mark 10:24-26 ; Mark...

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