Text -- Acts 17:21 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 17:21

¹ tn The imperfect verb ηὐκαίρουν (hukairoun) has been translated as a customary or habitual imperfect.

² tn BDAG 406-7 s.v. εὐκαιρέω has “used to spend their time in nothing else than telling Ac 17:21.”

³ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The reference to newness may be pejorative.