Acts 17:20

New International Reader's Version

You have some strange ideas we’ve never heard before. We would like to know what they mean.”

Cross References

Hosea 8:12

In my law I wrote down many things for their good. But they considered those things as something strange.

Mark 9:10

So they kept the matter to themselves. But they asked each other what “rising from the dead” meant.

John 6:60

Jesus’ disciples heard this. Many of them said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

Acts 10:17

Peter was wondering what the vision meant. At that very moment the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house. They stopped at the gate

Acts 17:19

They took him to a meeting of the Areopagus. There they said to him, “What is this new teaching you’re giving us?

Acts 17:21

All the people of Athens spent their time talking about and listening to the latest ideas. People from other lands who lived there did the same.

Acts 2:12

They were amazed and bewildered. They asked one another, “What does this mean?”

1 Corinthians 1:18

The message of the cross seems foolish to those who are lost and dying. But it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But we preach about Christ and his death on the cross. That is very hard for Jews to accept. And everyone else thinks it’s foolish.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The person without the Spirit doesn’t accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. These things are foolish to them. They can’t understand them. In fact, such things can’t be understood without the Spirit’s help.

Hebrews 5:11

We have a lot to say about this. But it is hard to make it clear to you. That’s because you are no longer trying to understand.

1 Peter 4:4

Ungodly people are surprised that you no longer join them in what they do. They want you to join them in their wild and wasteful living. So they say bad things about you.