But those who escorted Sha'ul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a mitzvah to Sila and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
Acts 17:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Athenians, all of them, and the foreign residents and visitors among them spent all their leisure time in nothing except telling or hearing something newer than the last– American Standard Version (1901) (Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) Common English Bible They said this because all Athenians as well as the foreigners who live in Athens used to spend their time doing nothing but talking about or listening to the newest thing.) Catholic Public Domain Version (Now all the Athenians, and arriving visitors, were occupying themselves with nothing other than speaking or hearing various new ideas.) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version (Now all the Athenians, and strangers that were there, employed themselves in nothing else, but either in telling or in hearing some new thing.) |
But those who escorted Sha'ul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a mitzvah to Sila and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
Now while Sha'ul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.*
Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.