Astonishment fell upon them all, and they began to glorify God, and they were filled with awe, and they said, "We have seen strange things today."

A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him again and again. Some were saying, "What has this beggarly fellow to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

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

as unknown and yet well known; as at death's door, yet, strange to tell, I live on; as chastened, but not killed;

Do not allow yourselves to be swept away by various and strange teachings. For it is a beautiful thing to be established in heart by grace, and not by regulations regarding food, from which those that occupied themselves with them have derived no benefit.

Do not think it strange, beloved, that a fiery ordeal has come to test you, as though some surprising thing had befallen you.