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,


In Context

16 and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,

17 therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshipping persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met with him.

18 And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,

19 having 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,

20 for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'

21 and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:19They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, |May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

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?