21and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.


In Context

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.

22 And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, 'Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;

23 for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God — unknown; whom, therefore — not knowing — ye do worship, this One I announce to you.

Acts 17:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:21(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.)

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:21(Now all the Athenians, and strangers that were there, employed themselves in nothing else, but either in telling or in hearing some new thing.)

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:21(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.)

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:21Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:21(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.)

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:21(For all the Athenians and strangers who were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:21Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:21(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.)