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Selected Verse: Acts 17:20 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 17:20	King James	For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Certain strange things - Literally, something pertaining to a foreign country or people. Here it means something unusual or remarkable - something different from what they had been accustomed to hear from their philosophers. What these things mean - We would understand more clearly what is affirmed respecting Jesus and the resurrection.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Certain strange things - Literally, something pertaining to a foreign country or people. Here it means something unusual or remarkable - something different from what they had been accustomed to hear from their philosophers.

What these things mean - We would understand more clearly what is affirmed respecting Jesus and the resurrection.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Strange (ξενίζοντα) A participle: surprising. Compare Pe1 4:4, Pe1 4:12.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Strange (ξενίζοντα)

A participle: surprising. Compare Pe1 4:4, Pe1 4:12.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Thou bringest - strange things to our ears - The doctrine of the apostles was different from any they had ever heard: it was wholly spiritual and divine; thus it was strange: it was contrary to their customs and manners; and thus it was strange also. As it spoke much of the exaltation and glory of Jesus Christ, they supposed him to be a setter forth of strange gods: and, therefore, on the authority of the laws, which forbade the introduction of any new deities, or modes of worship, he was called before the Areopagus.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Thou bringest - strange things to our ears - The doctrine of the apostles was different from any they had ever heard: it was wholly spiritual and divine; thus it was strange: it was contrary to their customs and manners; and thus it was strange also. As it spoke much of the exaltation and glory of Jesus Christ, they supposed him to be a setter forth of strange gods: and, therefore, on the authority of the laws, which forbade the introduction of any new deities, or modes of worship, he was called before the Areopagus.

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