The watchman said, ‘Morning has come, and also night. If you want to ask, ask! Come back again.’
Acts 17:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, ‘May we learn about this new teaching you are presenting? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus [Mars Hill meeting place], saying, May we know what this novel (unheard of and unprecedented) teaching is which you are openly declaring? American Standard Version (1901) And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee? Common English Bible They took him into custody and brought him to the council on Mars Hill. “What is this new teaching? Can we learn what you are talking about? Catholic Public Domain Version And apprehending him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying: "Are we able to know what this new doctrine is, about which you speak? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And taking him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is, which thou speakest of? |
The watchman said, ‘Morning has come, and also night. If you want to ask, ask! Come back again.’
You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.
They were all amazed, and so they began to ask each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! , He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.’
‘I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.
Because what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these things mean.’
Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, ‘People of Athens! I see that you are extremely religious in every respect.
However, some people joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
The commander took him by the hand, led him aside, and enquired privately, ‘What is it you have to report to me? ’
Several days later, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.
Agrippa said to Festus, ‘I would like to hear the man myself.’ ‘Tomorrow you will hear him,’ he replied.
Agrippa said to Paul, ‘You have permission to speak for yourself.’ Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defence: