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Act 17:19. Ἄρειον πάγον) The court of justice was held on a hill (in Greek πάγος) opposite the citadel of Cecrops, outside the city, and received its appellation from Mars (Ἄρης). Thither they brought Paul, almost as if he were one to be put on his trial.-δυνάμεθα γνῶναι) A formula of questioning, as among the Latins, Possumne scire? Moreover it has, in the intention of these Attic questioners, a degree of irony; for a “seed-picker,” such as they supposed Paul to be, is full of chinks [Terence Eun. i. 2, 25, plenus rimarum, one who can keep nothing to himself]: nor did they think that anything could be said to them, which they did not know thoroughly before.-καινὴ) They desire to hear, if he has anything new.-ἡ ὑπὸ σοῦ λαλουμένη, which is spoken of by thee) deliberately and earnestly.