Acts 17:20 - Exposition

Strange things . ξενίζειν , in this use of it, means to act or play the foreigner, to imitate the manners and language and appearance of a foreigner ( ξένος ), just as ἰουδαίζειν ἐλληνίζειν αττικίζειν , etc., mean to Judaize, Hellenize, Atticize, etc. Here, then, the Athenians say that St. Paul's doctrines have a foreign air, do not lock like native Athenian speculations.