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Acts 17:19

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

KJV

ἐπιλαβόμενοί τε αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἄριον πάγον ἤγαγον, λέγοντες· δυνάμεθα γνῶναι τίς ἡ καινὴ αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ σοῦ λαλουμένη διδαχή;

Greek NT

Et apprehensum eum ad Areopagum duxerunt, dicentes : Possumus scire quæ est hæc nova, quæ a te dicitur, doctrina ?

Vulgate

And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee?

ASV

And taking him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is, which thou speakest of?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
διδαχή
didache
noun · 30×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καινός
kainos
adjective · 41×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
Ἄρειος
areios
noun · 4×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
epilambanomai
verb · 19×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τε | NIV/RP: τε | WH/Treg: δὲ
  • τεSBLGNT
  • τεReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 17:22 — Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
  • Acts 17:34 — Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
  • Acts 24:24 — And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
  • Acts 25:22 — Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
  • Mark 1:27 — And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do