For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

For thou bringest in certain new things to our ears. We would know therefore what these things mean.

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'

For the things you are saying sound strange to us. We should therefore like to be told exactly what they mean."

For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

For you bring certain new ideas to our ears. And so we would like to know what these things mean."

For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean."

Certain strange things - Literally, something pertaining to a foreign country or people. Here it means something unusual or remarkable - something different from what they had been accustomed to hear from their philosophers.
What these things mean - We would understand more clearly what is affirmed respecting Jesus and the resurrection.

Thou bringest - strange things to our ears - The doctrine of the apostles was different from any they had ever heard: it was wholly spiritual and divine; thus it was strange: it was contrary to their customs and manners; and thus it was strange also. As it spoke much of the exaltation and glory of Jesus Christ, they supposed him to be a setter forth of strange gods: and, therefore, on the authority of the laws, which forbade the introduction of any new deities, or modes of worship, he was called before the Areopagus.

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears,.... Strange doctrines and strange deities, such as they had never heard of before:
we would know therefore what these things mean; they desire he would explain these things to them, and let them know the rise, and ground, and nature, and end, and design of them.