Acts 17:19

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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?

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17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

19 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?

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

21 Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

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Acts 17:19 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: 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?
KJV King James Version: And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
WEB World English Bible: They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
ASV American Standard Version: And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee?
YLT Young's Literal Translation: having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought [him], saying, 'Are we able to know what [is] this new teaching that is spoken by thee,
DBY Darby Translation: And having taken hold on him they brought [him] to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?
WBS Webster Bible: And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is , of which thou speakest?