¹⁹And they took hold of him and^* brought him^* to the Areopagus, saying, “May we learn what is this new teaching being proclaimed by you? ²⁰For you are bringing some astonishing things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”^g ²¹(Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who stayed there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling something or listening to something new.)

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took hold of”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
gLiterally “these things want to be”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you are presenting? Because what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these things mean.” Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then they took him to the high council of the city. “Come and tell us about this new teaching,” they said. “You are saying some rather strange things, and we want to know what it’s all about.” (It should be explained that all the Athenians as well as the foreigners in Athens seemed to spend all their time discussing the latest ideas.)

KJV 1900King James Version

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore 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 thing.)

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