Acts 17:20
NASB


Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean.”

International Standard Version

It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means."

A Conservative Version

For thou bring some surprising things to our ears. Therefore, we want to know whatever these things aim to be.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

For you are bringing some startling and strange things to our ears; so we want to know what they mean.”

An Understandable Version

You are telling us some very unusual things and we would like to know what they mean."

Anderson New Testament

For you bring some strange things to our ears: we wish to understand then what these things mean.

Bible in Basic English

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

Common New Testament

For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean."

Daniel Mace New Testament

for what you say sounds so very strange, we should be glad to know what it means.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

For you bring certain strange things to our hearing: therefore we desire to know what these things wish to be.

Goodspeed New Testament

Some of the things you tell us sound strange to us, and we want to know just what they mean."

John Wesley New Testament

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would therefore know, what these things mean?

Julia Smith Translation

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we wish therefore to know what these things may be.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For you are bringing some astonishing things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what {these things mean}."

Modern King James verseion

For you bring certain strange things to our ears, therefore we are minded to know what these things mean.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For thou bringest strange tidings to our ears. We would know therefore what these things mean."

Moffatt New Testament

You talk of some things that sound strange to us; so we want to know what they mean."

Montgomery New Testament

"For you are bringing certain strange things to our ears. We want to know, therefore, what these things mean."

NET Bible

For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean."

New Heart English Bible

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

for you bring certain strange things to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean.

The Emphasized Bible

For, certain foreign things, art thou bringing into our hearing: We are minded to get to know, therefore, what these things please to be!

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For thou bringest some strange stories to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean.

Twentieth Century New Testament

For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean."

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

For the things you are saying sound strange to us. We should therefore like to be told exactly what they mean."

Williams New Testament

For some of the things you bring sound startling to us; so we want to know just what they mean."

World English Bible

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

Worrell New Testament

for you bring to our ears certain strange things; we wish, therefore, to know what these things mean."

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Themes

Athens » A city » A city of greece

Curiosity » Instances of » Of the athenians, to hear some new thing

Mar's hill » Hill » Athens

Missionary journeys » Ac 13-14 » Second - with silas

Paul » Debates » Mar's hill

Paul's » First - with barnabas and john mark ac 13-14 » Second - with silas

Topics

Meaning

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
G1063
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

thou bringest
G1533
εἰσφέρω 
Eisphero 
bring, bring in, lead
Usage: 5

certain
G5100
τίς 
Tis 
certain, some, any man, any, one, man, anything, a, certain man, something, somewhat, ought, some man, certain thing, nothing Trans, divers, he, thing, another, not tr,
Usage: 373

strange
G3579
ξενίζω 
Xenizo 
lodge, think it strange, strange, entertain
Usage: 10

things to
G1519
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

our
G2257
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

ears
G189
ἀκοή 
Akoe 
hearing, ears, fame, rumour, report, audience,
Usage: 21

we would
G1014
βούλομαι 
Boulomai 
will, would, be minded, intend, be disposed, be willing, list, of his own will
Usage: 31

know
G1097
γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
know, perceive, understand,
Usage: 147

therefore
G3767
οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

what
G5101
τίς 
Tis 
what, who, why, whom, which,
Usage: 344

these things
G5023
ταῦτα 
Tauta 
these things, these, thus, that, these words, this, afterwards Trans,
Usage: 188

References

Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 17:20

Verse Info

Context Readings

Paul In Athens

19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is which you are proclaiming? 20 For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.” 21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)


New Things

Cross References

Hosea 8:12

Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law,
They are regarded as a strange thing.

1 Peter 4:4

In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you;

Matthew 19:23-25

And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 9:10

They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant.

Mark 10:24-26

The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

John 6:60

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”

John 7:35-36

The Jews then said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?

Acts 2:12

And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

Acts 10:17

Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate;

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,

1 Corinthians 2:14

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

Hebrews 5:11

Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

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