^17:21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time⁷⁷ in nothing else than telling⁷⁸ or listening to something new.)⁷⁹

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Footnotes

77 The imperfect verb ηὐκαίρουν (ēukairoun) has been translated as a customary or habitual imperfect.
78 εὐκαιρέω has “used to spend their time in nothing else than telling Ac 17:21.”
79 This is a parenthetical note by the author. The reference to newness may be pejorative.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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)

(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

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

NLTNew Living Translation

(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.)

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

(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.)

KJV 1900King James Version

(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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