 May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing...  The Quarterly Review - Page 2961856Full view - About this book
 | 1871 - 792 pages
...duty to God and man to gratify it. It ia mentioned, to the disgrace of the men of Athens, that they "spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing." To gratify this vain curiosity, their time is employed in retailing the news of the day.... | |
 | I S H - 1845 - 108 pages
...would know therefore 21 what these things mean." For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new b« tpeaks on the 22 thing. Then Paul stood in the midst hilI of Mars of Mars' hill, and said,... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - Science - 1878 - 830 pages
...old story now. I know that the Royal Society is like those Athenians of whom it was said that they " spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing." Therefore, an idea to be suitable for the Royal Society ought to be brand new. But I shelter... | |
 | 1862 - 802 pages
...true in the days of Socrates as in those of the great Apostle of the Gentiles, that " the Athenians spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear of some new thing." In such an age, we can readily imagine "the sculptor's apprentice" stealing away... | |
 | William White, A Protestant Episcopalian - Anglican Communion - 1846 - 206 pages
...thyself rather unto godliness." — 1 Tim. iv. 7. " 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 Acts, xvii. 21. Q. What is the consistent Churchman's view of religious assemblies ? A. Bishop White... | |
 | Johanna Manley - Religion - 1990 - 1144 pages
...we want to know what these things mean." 21 For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there new thing. 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I perceive that... | |
 | Dale Carnegie, Dorothy Carnegie - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1977 - 228 pages
...the decline. The Bible says of it at this period: "All the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing." No radios, no cables, no news dispatches; those Athenians must have been hard put in those... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - Science - 1991 - 312 pages
...troubleth his own house. Proverbs 15:26-27 102 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 17:21 103 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall... | |
 | Alfred Marshall - Bibles - 1992 - 834 pages
...would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there or my Father," Jesus new thing.) 221" Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said. Ye men of Athens, I perceive... | |
 | Peter Kreeft - Religion - 1992 - 204 pages
...non-Greek audience this strange Greek behavior: "All the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing" (17:21). The most important word in their language was logos, which meant (among other things)... | |
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