19 And they took him, and brought him into [a]Mars’ street, saying, May we not know, what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

20 For thou bringest certain strange things unto our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

21 [b]For all the Athenians and strangers which dwelt there, gave themselves to nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some news.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:19 This was a place called as you would say, Mars hill, where the judges sat which were called Areopagus, upon weighty affairs, which in old time arraigned Socrates, and afterward condemned him of impiety.
  2. Acts 17:21 The wisdom of man is vanity.

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