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Acts 17:20

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ξενίζονταxenizontaStrange thingsG3579 →
γάρgarforG1063 →
τιναtinasomeG5100 →
εἰσφέρειςeisphereisyou are bringingG1533 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
ἀκοὰςakoasearsG189 →
ἡμῶν·hēmōnof us;G3165 →
βουλόμεθαboulomethaWe resolveG1014 →
οὖνounthereforeG3767 →
γνῶναιgnōnaito knowG1097 →
τίναtinawhat [things]G5101 →
θέλειtheleiintendsG2309 →
ταῦταtautathese thingsG3778 →
εἶναι.einaito be.G1511 →

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Hosea 8:12Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.1 Corinthians 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.1 Peter 4:4Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.Matthew 19:23–25Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.Hebrews 5:11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.Acts 2:12Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”Mark 9:10So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.Mark 10:24–26And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!John 7:35–36At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?John 6:60On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”Acts 10:17While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.Acts 17:19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?Matthew 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

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