Acts 17:20

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܡܶܠܶܐ ܓ݁ܶܝܪ ܢܽܘܟ݂ܪܳܝܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܙܳܪܰܥ ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ ܒ݁ܡܰܫܡܰܥܬ݂ܰܢ ܘܨܳܒ݂ܶܝܢܰܢ ܠܡܶܕ݁ܰܥ ܡܳܢܳܐ ܐܶܢܶܝܢ ܗܳܠܶܝܢ ܀

Bible Verse Review
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strange: Hosea 8:12, Matthew 19:23-25, Mark 10:24-26, John 6:60, John 7:35, John 7:36, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 1:23, 1 Corinthians 2:14, Hebrews 5:11, 1 Peter 4:4

what: Acts 2:12, Acts 10:17, Mark 9:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:26 - have dominion Isaiah 21:12 - if Matthew 11:20 - because John 18:38 - What Acts 17:19 - May

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears,.... Strange doctrines and strange deities, such as they had never heard of before:

we would know therefore what these things mean; they desire he would explain these things to them, and let them know the rise, and ground, and nature, and end, and design of them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 17:20. 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.