 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 sivua
...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 sivua
...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... | |
 | William Scoresby - 1833 - 112 sivua
...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 sivua
...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... | |
 | John Kershaw Craig - 1833 - 328 sivua
...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 sivua
...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... | |
 | 1834 - 406 sivua
...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... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 432 sivua
...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... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1835 - 378 sivua
...find the same inquisitive disposition as in ancient Athens : " All the Athenians," says St. Luke, " spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing."* As to the Turks, they exclaimed : Fransouse ! Effendi ! and continued to smoke their pipes,... | |
 | 1836 - 418 sivua
...we may look for the most favorable literary condition of the people. It is said that its citizens " spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing." If the people were thus devoted to the acquisition and communication of knowledge, it might... | |
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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... 
