 | 1837 - 504 דפים
...excited to hear him. Aftev stating that " they took" Paul, " and brought him unto Areopagus," he says, " For all the Athenians and strangers which were there...in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing." Here we have a clew to the object of the scene. Not only the Athenians, but the numerous... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 544 דפים
...all our time and care. It was the vice of the Athenians, " for' all the Athenians and strangers that were there, spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing" (Acts xvii. 2 1) ; yea, novelty of doctrine and religion, and teachers, is a snare and bait... | |
 | Daniel Appleton White - 1830 - 72 דפים
...intellectual being ; at the best, never rising above that of the idlers whom Paul found at Athens, " who spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing." But the pleasures, which flow from the pursuit and acquisition of real knowledge, and the... | |
 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 דפים
...with patience, interest, and attention. Curiosity was the prevailing character of the Athenians — " For all the Athenians and strangers which were there,...in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing." There was much in all this to satisfy their curiosity, and not a great deal, at first view,... | |
 | William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 542 דפים
...brought " him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know " what this new doctrine, whereof thou speak* est, is? for thou bringest certain strange " things to our ears: we would know there" fore what these things mean."—The Apostle, thus publicly confronted with these philosophers,... | |
 | John Davenant, Josiah Allport - 1831 - 642 דפים
...as the Athenians called it when they took Paul to task for preaching it, saying, Acts xvii. 19, 20, May we know what this new doctrine whereof thou speakest is ? for tltou bringest certain strange things to our ears. The Gospel might indeed sound new in the ears of... | |
 | Samuel Wood (B.A.) - 1832 - 244 דפים
...respecting religion very inconsistent with what Paul was then teaching. T 2 him to Areopagus,* saying, " May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest,...things mean." (For all the Athenians and strangers who were there, spent their time in nothing else than either telling or hearing some new thing.) Then... | |
 | 1832 - 244 דפים
...Areojiagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, 20 For tliou hringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenianr' and strungers СНЛP. xvnr. Paul acruaed before GaIIio. AFTElt these things,... | |
 | James Hough - 1832 - 164 דפים
...in a state of excitement. They are little better than the sauntering philosophers of Athens, who " spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing " (Acts xvii. 21). Such persons are perpetually shifting their patronage from one society... | |
 | 1833 - 82 דפים
...preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest,...in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that... | |
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For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing. 
