Acts 17:20
“For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean .”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears,.... Strange doctrines and strange deities, such as they had never…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Certain strange things - Literally, something pertaining to a foreign country or people. Here it means something unusual…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Thou bringest - strange things to our ears - The doctrine of the apostles was different from any they had ever heard: it…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 17:16-21
A scholar that has acquaintance, and is in love, with the learning of the ancients, would think he should be very happy…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
strange things The original is not an adjective, but a participle, and signifies "something which strikes a person as…
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