NASB
"And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is which you are proclaiming?"
— Acts 17:19, NASB
“And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? ”
“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? ”
“They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?”
“So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?”
“And taking him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is, which thou speakest of?”
“And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?”
“And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? ”
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.
So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present.
And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, "What would this idle babbler wish to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,"--because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is which you are proclaiming?
"For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean."
(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)
So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects.