Acts 17:20 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 17:20

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

YLT

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

DBT

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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16 verses on the floor

Hosea 8:12
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
1 Corinthians 1:23
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
1 Peter 4:4
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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), and the account he gave of natural religion, for the conviction of those that were addicted to polytheism and idolatry, and to lead them to the Christian religion (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

While therefore the Stoical was in itself superior to the Epicurean system, both were alike hostile to the Gospel. "The two enemies it has ever had to contend with are the two ruling principles of the Epicureans and Stoics--Pleasure and Pride" [HOWSON].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

If it may be, we would gladly know, and desire thee to tell us, what these things mean, that we may be able to pass a judgment upon them." This was a fair proposal; it was fit they should know what this doctrine was before they embraced it; and they were so fair as not to condemn it till they had had some account of it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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G357910× in canon G101437× in canon G1511123× in canon G2309208× in canon G1097221× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ACT 17:201CO 1:18 1CO 2:14
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ACT 17:201CO 2:14 1CO 1:18
ACT 17:201CO 2:14 ROM 8:5-8
ACT 17:201CO 1:18 ROM 1:16
ACT 17:201CO 1:18 2TH 2:10
ACT 17:201CO 2:14 MAT 13:11-17
ACT 17:201CO 2:14 2CO 4:4-6
ACT 17:201CO 1:18 1CO 1:23-25

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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