Then those who were leading Paul brought him as far as Athens. And having received an order from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him quickly, they set out.
Acts 17:21 - Catholic Public Domain Version (Now all the Athenians, and arriving visitors, were occupying themselves with nothing other than speaking or hearing various new ideas.) 更多版本King 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.) 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.) English Standard Version 2016 Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. |
Then those who were leading Paul brought him as far as Athens. And having received an order from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him quickly, they set out.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred up within him, seeing the city given over to idolatry.
For you bring certain new ideas to our ears. And so we would like to know what these things mean."
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya which are around Cyrene, and new arrivals of the Romans,
And being at the same time also idle, they learn to go from house to house, being not only idle, but also talkative and curious, speaking of things which do not concern them.