So 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?
Parallel translations
- WEB They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?
- KJV And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
- NKJV And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?
- NASB And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is which you are proclaiming?
- NLT Then they took him to the high council of the city. “Come and tell us about this new teaching,” they said.
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They brought Paul to the Areopagus to explain his new teaching.
Overview
The Areopagus was the venerable council and meeting place where ideas were examined in Athens. Paul is given a hearing before the city's intellectual elite. This sets up his masterful address, in which he engages pagan culture thoughtfully yet calls it to repentance before the one true God.
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Cross-references · 9
- Mark 1:27All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”
- Acts 17:22Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
- Acts 24:24After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 25:22Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
- John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- Acts 26:1Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
- Matt 10:18On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
- Acts 17:20For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
- 1 Jn 2:7–8Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
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