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Acts 17:17-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Acts 17:17-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.(A) 18 Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual[a] trying to say?”
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.[b](B)
19 They took him and brought him to the Areopagus,[c] and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you’re speaking of?(C)
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- Acts 17:18 Lit this seed picker; = one who picks up scraps
- Acts 17:18 = Gk Anastasis
- Acts 17:19 Or Mars Hill, the oldest and most famous court in Athens with jurisdiction in moral, religious, and civil matters
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