| Oliver Goldsmith - 1843 - 428 pages
...and as restless as their ancestors, but literature occupied their attention instead of politics. " 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 xvii. 21. In consequence of listening to continued disputes,... | |
| 1843 - 404 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.") The Areopagus, or the hill of Mars, was the place where ,the supreme... | |
| Cazneau Palfrey, Ezra Stiles Gannett - 1843 - 406 pages
...Providence, RI, former pastor of the church. Dr. Brazer's Discourse was founded on Acts 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 ;" and the subject treated was, The depraved appetite for mental... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 pages
...For 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.) Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.... | |
| Henry Jones Ripley - 1843 - 376 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... | |
| Richard Cattermole - 1845 - 234 pages
...especially in matters of religion, to which they were much given, t The apostle was in a short time en* "For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or else to hear some new thing." Acts, xvii. 21. •)• The word StiaiSaijtovtarkpovf, applied... | |
| I S H - 1845 - 108 pages
...thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore 21 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 b« tpeaks on the 22 thing. Then Paul stood in the midst hilI of Mars... | |
| 1871 - 792 pages
...suppose these men were anxious to learn the truth ; it evidently arose from the mere love of novelty, " 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's reasoning and doctrine was novel to them. It appears they... | |
| Guizot (M., François) - 1846 - 430 pages
...bringest certain strange things to our ears : we would know, therefore, what these things mean.' " (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there,...else, but either to tell or hear some new thing.) " Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, — ' Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in... | |
| William White, A Protestant Episcopalian - 1846 - 206 pages
...refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness." — 1 Tim. iv. 7. " 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.'' — The Acts, xvii. 21. Q. What is the consistent Churchman's... | |
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