Acts 17:20

First Nations Version

“for your message is strange to us, and we want to know its meaning.”

Cross References

1 Peter 4:4

The ones who walk in this way think it strange that you no longer join them in their wild and reckless way of life, so they speak evil of you.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Humans without the Spirit are not able to see the things revealed by Creator’s Spirit. These things sound foolish and are beyond their understanding, for they must be interpreted in a spiritual manner.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But we tell the good story about the Chosen One, who died on a tree-pole—the cross. This message puts a stumbling stone in the path of our Tribal People and is nothing but foolishness to the Outside Nations.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The message of the cross seems foolish to the ones who are walking a path to a bad end. But for us who are being set free and made whole, the message itself is the power of the Great Spirit.

Hebrews 5:11

I have much more I would like to say about this, but it is hard to make the meaning clear because your ears have become slow to hear.

Acts 10:17

Stands on the Rock (Peter) was troubled, trying to understand the meaning of the vision. At the same time the men who were sent by Little Horn (Cornelius) stood at the gate

Acts 2:12

Many were amazed and confused and began to ask each other, “What can this mean?”

John 6:60

When the ones who walked the road with Creator Sets Free (Jesus) heard this, many of them said, “These words are too hard to hear. Who can even listen to them?”

Mark 9:10

So they told no one, but wondered what this “coming back to life from the dead” meant.

Acts 17:19

So they took him to the council at Mars Hill (Areopagus). “Explain this new teaching to us,” they asked him,

Acts 17:21

The people who lived in Wondering Place (Athens) would spend all their time telling or hearing about some new thing.