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Andτεthey took hold ofἐπιλαβόμενοίhimαὐτοῦandbrought himἤγαγονtoἐπὶthe Areopagus,τὸν Ἄρειον Πάγονsaying,λέγοντες“Can weΔυνάμεθαknowγνῶναιwhatτίςthisαὕτηnewκαινὴteachingἡ διδαχήisthatἡis being spokenλαλουμένηbyὑπὸyou?σοῦ
Acts 17:19
Study it in the app“And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “Can we know what this new teaching is that is being spoken by you?”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 17:19, word by word
- they took hold ofἐπιλαβόμενοίepilabomenoi
seize
To grip someone, or arrest them.
Where else “epilabomenoi” appears- brought himἤγαγονēgagon
lead
To lead a person or an animal from one place to another.
Where else “ēgagon” appears- the AreopagusἌρειονAreion
Areopagus
Areopagus, "Hill of Ares" in Athens, and the council that met there.
Where else “Areion” appears- sayingλέγοντεςlegontes
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legontes” appears- “Can weΔυνάμεθαDynametha
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “Dynametha” appears- knowγνῶναιgnōnai
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “gnōnai” appears- newκαινὴkainē
new
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kainē” appears- teachingδιδαχήdidachē
teaching
Teaching.
Where else “didachē” appears- is being spokenλαλουμένηlaloumenē
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “laloumenē” appears
Translation note
The Areopagus, “hill of Ares,” was the place where the city council met, and also the name of the council.
The context
18And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were debating with him, and some were saying, “What would this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities,” because he was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
19 · This verse (above)
20For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.”
To study Acts 17 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people of Berea do with what Paul said, and what came of it? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
In Athens, Paul starts from the altar "to an unknown god" (vv. 22-23). Why does he begin with something they already knew?
3. How I live it
When talking with someone who thinks differently, how can you start from what you share and listen with respect?