 | 1837 - 504 Seiten
..." and brought him unto Areopagus," he says, " 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." Here we have a clew to the object of the scene. Not only the Athenians, but the numerous... | |
 | Daniel Appleton White - 1830 - 72 Seiten
...intellectual being ; at the best, never rising above that of the idlers whom Paul found at Athens, " who spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing." But the pleasures, which flow from the pursuit and acquisition of real knowledge, and the... | |
 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 Seiten
...the prevailing character of the Athenians — " 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." There was much in all this to satisfy their curiosity, and not a great deal, at first view,... | |
 | James Hough - 1832 - 164 Seiten
...in a state of excitement. They are little better than the sauntering philosophers of Athens, who " spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing " (Acts xvii. 21). Such persons are perpetually shifting their patronage from one society... | |
 | John Kershaw Craig - 1833 - 328 Seiten
...God, is given of all the people. " All the Athenians, and all the strangers which were in the city, spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing." Behold, I say, in that description the universal condition of fallen nature ! The heart... | |
 | William Scoresby - 1833 - 112 Seiten
...of spirit which impels to an unhealthful pursuit after novelties, like the Athenians of old, who " spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing." Let us beware of those excitable affections, wont to be stirred up by inferior considerations,... | |
 | 1833 - 82 Seiten
...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.) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that... | |
 | 1834 - 406 Seiten
...would know therefore what these diings mean. 21 (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.) 22 H Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye judge the world in righteousmen... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 Seiten
...would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (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.) 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 432 Seiten
...AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTER AND TASTE OF THE AGE. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear (x'm-oTegoi) something newer. — Acts. IT is impossible to deny, what is so often and so complacently... | |
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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... 
