Acts 17:20

James Moffatt - New Testament

You talk of some things that sound strange to us; so we want to know what they mean."

Cross References

1 Peter 4:4

and it astonishes them that you will not plunge with them still into the same flood of profligacy. They abuse you,

1 Corinthians 2:14

The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but our message is Christ the crucified — a stumbling-block to the Jews, 'sheer folly' to the Gentiles,

1 Corinthians 1:18

Those who are doomed to perish find the story of the cross 'sheer folly,' but it means the power of God for those whom he saves.

Hebrews 5:11

On this point I have a great deal to say, which it is hard to make intelligible to you. For you have grown dull of hearing.

Acts 10:17

Peter was quite at a loss to know the meaning of the vision he had seen; but just then, the messengers of Cornelius, who had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the door

Acts 2:12

They were all amazed and quite at a loss. "What can it mean?" they said to one another.

John 6:60

Now many of his disciples, on hearing it, said, "This is hard to take in! Who can listen to talk like this?"

Mark 9:10

This order they obeyed, debating with themselves what 'rising from the dead' meant.

Acts 17:19

Then taking him to the Areopagus they asked, "May we know what is this novel teaching of yours?

Acts 17:21

(For all the Athenians and the foreign visitors to Athens occupied themselves with nothing else than repeating or listening to the latest novelty.)