Acts 17:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Because what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these things mean.’

Cross References

1 Peter 4:4

They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living #– #and they slander  you.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the person without the Spirit  does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated  spiritually.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we preach Christ crucified,  a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.

Hosea 8:12

Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of my instruction, they would be  regarded as something strange.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved.

Hebrews 5:11

We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

Acts 10:17

While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, straight away the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon’s house, stood at the gate.

Acts 2:12

They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, ‘What does this mean? ’

John 6:60

Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, ‘This teaching is hard. Who can accept  it? ’

Mark 9:10

They kept this word  to themselves, questioning what ‘rising from the dead’ meant.

Acts 17:19

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus,  and said, ‘May we learn about this new teaching you are presenting?

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.