en_tn/act/17/21.md

# Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there

The word "all" is a generalization referring to many. Alternate translation: "Now many of the Athenians and the strangers living there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])

# all the Athenians

"Athenians" are people from Athens, a city near the coast below Macedonia (present day Greece). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# the strangers

"the foreigners"

# spent their time in nothing but either telling or listening

Here "time" is spoken of as if it were an object that a person could spend. Alternate translation: "used their time doing nothing but either telling or listening" or "were always doing nothing but telling or listening" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# spent their time in nothing but either telling or listening

The phrase "spent their time in nothing" is an exaggeration. Alternate translation: "did not do much but tell or listen" or "spent much of their time telling or listening" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])

# telling or listening about something new

"discussing new philosophical ideas" or "talking about what was new to them"