Acts Chapter 17 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 17:20

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
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BBE Acts 17:20

For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.
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DARBY Acts 17:20

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
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KJV Acts 17:20

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
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WBT Acts 17:20


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WEB Acts 17:20

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."
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YLT Acts 17:20

for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Strange things. Χενίζειν, in this use of it, means to act or play the foreigner, to imitate the manners and language and appearance of a foreigner (ξένος), just as Ἰουδαίζειν Ἐλληνίζειν Αττικίζειν, etc., mean to Judaize, Hellenize, Atticize, etc. Here, then, the Athenians say that St. Paul's doctrines have a foreign air, do not look like native Athenian speculations.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Thou bringest certain strange things.--The adjective stands for a Greek participle, things that startle, or leave an impression of strangeness.