"For you are bringingsomestrange thingsto our ears;sowe wantto knowwhatthese thingsmean."
Though I wrotefor him tenthousand[precepts] of My law,They are regardedas a strangething.
They seizedupon that statement,discussingwith one anotherwhatrisingfrom the deadmeant.
Thereforemanyof His disciples,when they heard[this] said,"Thisis a difficultstatement;whocanlistento it?"
NowwhilePeterwas greatly perplexedin mindas to whatthe visionwhichhe had seenmight be, behold,the menwho had been sentby Cornelius,having asked directionsfor Simon'shouse,appearedat the gate;
And they tookhim and broughthim to the Areopagus,saying,"Maywe knowwhatthisnewteachingis which you are proclaiming?
(Nowallthe Atheniansand the strangersvisitingthere used to spend their timein nothingotherthantellingorhearingsomethingnew.)
And they allcontinued in amazementand great perplexity,sayingto oneanother,"Whatdoes thismean?"
For the wordof the crossis foolishnessto thosewho are perishing,but to us who are being savedit is the powerof God.
but we preachChristcrucified,to Jewsa stumbling blockand to Gentilesfoolishness,
But a naturalmandoes not acceptthe things of the Spiritof God,for they are foolishnessto him; and he cannotunderstandthem, becausethey are spirituallyappraised.
Concerninghim we have muchto say,and [it is] hard to explain,sinceyou have becomedullof hearing.
In [all] this,they are surprisedthat you do not runwith [them] into the sameexcessesof dissipation,and they malign[you];
