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Acts 17:17-19
New King James Version
Acts 17:17-19
New King James Version
17 Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there. 18 [a]Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this [b]babbler want to say?”
Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them (A)Jesus and the resurrection.
19 And they took him and brought him to the [c]Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?
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- Acts 17:18 NU, M add also
- Acts 17:18 Lit. seed picker, an idler who makes a living picking up scraps
- Acts 17:19 Lit. Hill of Ares, or Mars’ Hill
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