Acts 17:20 - Catholic Public Domain Version For you bring certain new ideas to our ears. And so we would like to know what these things mean." 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For you set forth some startling things, foreign and strange to our ears; we wish to know therefore just what these things mean– American Standard Version (1901) For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. Common English Bible You’ve told us some strange things and we want to know what they mean.” ( Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thou bringest in certain new things to our ears. We would know therefore what these things mean. English Standard Version 2016 For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” |
And they questioned him, saying: "Then why do the Pharisees and the scribes say that Elijah must arrive first?"
Now while Peter was still hesitant within himself as to what the vision, which he had seen, might mean, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius stood at the gate, inquiring about Simon's house.
And apprehending him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying: "Are we able to know what this new doctrine is, about which you speak?
(Now all the Athenians, and arriving visitors, were occupying themselves with nothing other than speaking or hearing various new ideas.)
And they were all astonished, and they wondered, saying to one another: "But what does this mean?"
For the Word of the Cross is certainly foolishness to those who are perishing. But to those who have been saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.
But we are preaching Christ crucified. Certainly, to the Jews, this is a scandal, and to the Gentiles, this is foolishness.
But the animal nature of man does not perceive these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand it, because it must be examined spiritually.
Our message about him is great, and difficult to explain when speaking, because you have been made feeble when listening.
About this, they wonder why you do not rush with them into the same confusion of indulgences, blaspheming.