Albert Barnes Commentary Acts 17:20

"For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean." — Acts 17:20 (ASV)

Certain strange things. Literally, something pertaining to a foreign country or people. Here it means something unusual, remarkable, to which we are not accustomed to hearing from their philosophers and religious teachers.

What these things mean. We would understand more clearly what is affirmed concerning Jesus and the resurrection.