Acts 17:19

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

So, they led him to the Areopagus [i.e., an elevated assembly place called “the Hill of Mars”] and asked him, “Could we learn [more] about this new teaching you are speaking of?

Cross References

Mark 1:27

And all the people [in the synagogue] were so amazed they began asking one another, “What is this, some new teaching? And it is spoken with such authority! He even orders evil spirits, and they obey him.”

Acts 17:22

Then Paul stood up in the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I noticed that you are an extremely religious people in all your ways. [See verse 16]

Acts 26:1

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So, Paul motioned [to the assembly] with his hand [for attention] and began speaking in his defense:

Acts 25:22

Agrippa said to Festus, “I had been wanting to hear this man's testimony myself.” [Festus replied], “Tomorrow you will [have the opportunity to] hear him.”

Acts 24:24

After a number of days, Felix and Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, came [back to the palace] and sent for Paul to [come and] tell them about [the] faith in Christ Jesus.

Acts 17:20

You are telling us some very unusual things and we would like to know what they mean.”

John 13:34

I am giving you a new commandment: love one another. Also you should love one another in the same way that I have loved you.

Matthew 10:18

Yes, you will [even] be brought in front of governors and kings for being loyal to me. [This will give you an opportunity] for witnessing to them [as well] as to the [unconverted] Gentiles.

Acts 17:34

But certain men continued to listen to him and became believers [in Jesus]. Among them was Dionysius, [an official] of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris and others with them.

Acts 23:19

The commander took him by the hand, and walking along together, asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”