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Acts 17:20

King James Version (KJV)

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

Translations

Acts 17:20 - Amplified Bible

For you set forth some startling things, foreign {and} strange to our ears; we wish to know therefore just what these things mean--

Acts 17:20 - American Standard Version

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

Acts 17:20 - Bible in Basic English

For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

Acts 17:20 - Darby Bible

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

Acts 17:20 - English Standard Version

For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean."

Acts 17:20 - King James Version

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

Acts 17:20 - La Biblia de las Americas

Porque te oìmos decir cosas extrañas; por tanto, queremos saber qué significan.

Acts 17:20 - The Message

Acts 17:20 - New American Standard Bible

~"For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean."

Acts 17:20 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"Porque le oìmos decir cosas extrañas; por tanto, queremos saber qué significan."

Acts 17:20 - World English Bible

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

Acts 17:20 - Young's Living Translation

for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;`

Acts 17:20 - Additional Comments

This was about 50-53 AD, about 20 years after the resurrection of Christ. It is odd that they had not heard of Jesus by then. Amazingly, this appears to be the first anyone brought Christianity to this area. What an affect Paul had on the world for Christ! He was not afraid to tell anyone about Christ, yet he always spoke to them where they were at.

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