 | 1851
...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... | |
 | 1854
...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... | |
 | Miguel de Unamuno - 1977 - 528 pages
...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... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1977 - 640 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... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1980 - 458 pages
...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... | |
 | John R. Rice - 2000 - 555 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.) Paul at Athens, the Seat of Culture Athens was two hundred miles... | |
 | Dick Iverson - 1989 - 166 pages
...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... | |
 | J. Paul Hunter - 1990 - 421 pages
...another printer issue for him — cites Acts 17:21 as the source of Dunton's term "Athenian": ". . . all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing." In work after work, Dunton sought to gratify public taste for... | |
 | Dale Carnegie, Dorothy Carnegie - 1977 - 221 pages
...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... | |
 | Alfred Marshall - 1992 - 777 pages
...thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 me: for I proceeded forth and came "You do not know me or my Father," Jesus to tell , or to hear some new thing.) 221" Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said. Ye... | |
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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... 
