19They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, |May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?


In Context

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.

17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.

18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, |What does this babbler want to say?| Others said, |He seems to be advocating foreign deities,| because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

19 They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, |May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.|

21 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.

Acts 17:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is? ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:19Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:19And taking him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is, which thou speakest of?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:19And 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:19And having taken hold on him they brought him to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee is?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:19And 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:19And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:19having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought him, saying, 'Are we able to know what is this new teaching that is spoken by thee,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:19And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof you speak, is?