Acts 17:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“(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.)”
Acts 17:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 17:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 17:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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 17:21 — World English Bible
Acts 17:21 ASV — 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.)”
Acts 17:21 — American Standard Version
Acts 17:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.”
Acts 17:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 17:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.”
Acts 17:21 — Darby Translation
Acts 17:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For all the Athenians, and strangers which dwelt there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell, or to heare some newes.”
Acts 17:21 — Geneva Bible
Acts 17:21 in Context — Acts 17
19 E tomando-o, trouxeram [-no] ao areópago, dizendo: Podemos nós saber que doutrina nova é esta que tu falas?
20 Porque tu trazes coisas estranhas aos nossos ouvidos; então queremos saber o que isto quer dizer.
21 (E todos os atenienses e visitantes estrangeiros não se ocupavam de nenhuma outra coisa, a não ser em dizer e ouvir alguma novidade).
22 E Paulo, estando no meio do areópago, disse: Homens atenienses, eu vejo em tudo como vós sois muito religiosos;
23 Porque enquanto eu passava [pela cidade] e via vossos santuários, achei também um altar, em que estava escrito: AO DEUS DESCONHECIDO. Este a quem vós prestais devoção sem conhecer, [este é o que] eu vos anuncio;
What Does Acts 17:21 Mean?
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