Kisah Para Rasul 17:21

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 

Kisah Para Rasul 17:32

17:32 Now when they heard about ⁴  the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, ⁵  but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

[17:21]  ¹ tn The imperfect verb ηὐκαίρουν (hukairoun) has been translated as a customary or habitual imperfect.

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

[17:21]  ³ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The reference to newness may be pejorative.

[17:32]  ⁴ tn The participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally.

[17:32]  ⁵ tn L&N 33.408 has “some scoffed (at him) Ac 17:32” for ἐχλεύαζον (ecleuazon) here; the imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect (“began to scoff”).