Acts 17:32

King James Version (KJV)

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

Translations

Acts 17:32 - Amplified Bible

Now when they had heard [that there had been] a resurrection from the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again about this matter.

Acts 17:32 - American Standard Version

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.

Acts 17:32 - Bible in Basic English

Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

Acts 17:32 - Darby Bible

And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

Acts 17:32 - English Standard Version

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, "We will hear you again about this."

Acts 17:32 - King James Version

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

Acts 17:32 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y cuando oyeron de la resurrecciòn de los muertos, algunos se burlaban, pero otros dijeron: Te escucharemos otra vez acerca de esto.

Acts 17:32 - The Message

At the phrase "raising him from the dead," the listeners split: Some laughed at him and walked off making jokes; others said, "Let’s do this again. We want to hear more." But that was it for the day, and Paul left. There were still others, it turned out, who were convinced then and there, and stuck with Paul—among them Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris.

Acts 17:32 - New American Standard Bible

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some {began} to sneer, but others said, "We shall hear you again concerning this."

Acts 17:32 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Cuando oyeron de la resurrecciòn de los muertos, algunos se burlaban, pero otros dijeron: "Le escucharemos otra vez acerca de esto."

Acts 17:32 - World English Bible

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you yet again concerning this."

Acts 17:32 - Young's Living Translation

And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, `We will hear thee again concerning this;`

Acts 17:32 - Additional Comments

- some began to sneer
" Greeks - believed body was a prison house for the soul, they looked forward to getting rid of the body. A resurrection where people got their bodies back didn't fit their thinking to well.
- others said, we shall hear you again
" Maybe a polite way of reject or a true desire to know more
" Paul was offering a way to free these people of their fear of the 'many demons' they were in bondage to.

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