Acts 17:21

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time ¹  in nothing else than telling ²  or listening to something new.) ³ 

biblegateway Act 17:21

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)

biblegateway Act 17:21

(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

biblegateway Act 17:21

(It should be explained that all the Athenians as well as the foreigners in Athens seemed to spend all their time discussing the latest ideas.)

biblegateway Act 17:21

Downtown Athens was a great place for gossip. There were always people hanging around, natives and tourists alike, waiting for the latest tidbit on most anything.

SABDAweb Act 17:21

(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

bibleoremus Act 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there would spend their time in nothing but telling or hearing something new.

biblegateway Act 17:21

For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

biblegateway Act 17:21

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time ¹  in nothing else than telling ²  or listening to something new.) ³ 

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.