...RntclifTe. AC (Queries. PASSAGES IJ» THE NEW TESTAMENT ILLUSTRATED FROM DEMOSTHENES. Art., xvii. 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." Can any of your biblical correspondents inform me in whnt commentary...

...under the impression that Luke's description applied to the modern as well as the ancient 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." They met with the most flattering success ; but as Mr. Darling...

...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...

...dissatisfaction with present attainments and unavailing search for greater; of which, the fact that " All the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing," is indubitable evidence. The antagonism of strong forces never...

...marvelous description of the Athenians of the decadence, 54 those dainty connoisseurs of the curious, "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" (21). An incisive characterization, this, which depicts for us in...

...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...

...fain know therefore, what these things may mean." It was a city of talkers, that city of theirs. " 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...

...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.) Paul at Athens, the Seat of Culture Athens was two hundred miles...

...doctrines, and coveting sensational revelations. This was the character flaw of the Athenians of Paul's day: "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" (Acts 17:21). No one wants this Athenian spirit to scatter their...

...had passed the summit of its glory and was now on the decline. The Bible says of it at this period: "All the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing." No radios, no cables, no news dispatches; those Athenians must...