Spent their time (ηυκαιρουν). Imperfect active of ευκαιρεω. A late word to have opportunity (ευ, καιρος) from Polybius on. In the …

For all the Athenians. This was their general character.

And strangers who were there. Athens was greatly distinguished fo…

For all the Athenians and strangers.—The restless inquisitiveness of the Athenian character had been proverbial all along…

Luke’s comment about the Athenians “doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas” is paralleled in the evaluation of his fello…

For all the Athenians
The natives of Athens, who were born and lived there, and were inhabitants of the city, and fr…

Athens was then famed for refined learning, philosophy, and the fine arts; yet no one is more childish, superstitious, impious, or credulous than s…