 May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing...  The Ship-dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise - Page 135by Albert Bigelow Paine - 1910 - 393 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles James Blomfield - 1828 - 416 pages
...instance, only to gratify their curiosity; for, adds the historian, as a reason of their proceeding, all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear something new. St. Paul, thus called upon to declare the principles of true religion,... | |
 | 1822 - 688 pages
...Spectator. Cursory Remarks upon the Literary and Religious character and taste of the present age. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, bat either to tell, or to hear (IMAOT*. {•») somethi ng newer.— Acts. IT is impossible to deny,... | |
 | Richard Biscoe - 1829 - 638 pages
...kind. It can be matter of no admiration therefore, when it is said in the Acts of the Apostles, That all the Athenians, and strangers which were there,...nothing else but either to tell or hear some new thing y. This character was due to them of a long standing. Many years before, when they had an affair of... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1829 - 444 pages
...thou hringest certain strange things to our ears ; we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, hut either to tell, orto hear some new thing.) g 22 T Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and... | |
 | 1837 - 504 pages
...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 spent their time 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,... | |
 | 1830 - 580 pages
...conversation, which is like the poison of asps; and idle, triflng conversation, like that of the Athenians, who spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or hear some new thing. Acts xvii. 21. Such conversation is directly opposed to the influences of the Spirit ; and is calculated... | |
 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 pages
...with patience, interest, and attention. Curiosity was the prevailing character of the Athenians — " 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." There was much in all this to satisfy their curiosity, and not... | |
 | 1833 - 82 pages
...thou bringest certain strange things to our ears : we would know therefore what these things mean. (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.) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 432 pages
...for that honor which cometh from God only. THE LITERARY AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTER AND TASTE OF THE AGE. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear (x'm-oTegoi) something newer. — Acts. IT is impossible to deny, what is so often... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 pages
...thou bringest certain strange things to our ears ; we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (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.) 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men... | |
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