Acts 17:18
And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, What doth this babbler mean to say? and others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of foreign gods; because he brought the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection.
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Proverbs 23:9Speak not in the ears of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Mark 9:14And coming to the disciples, they saw a great multitude about them, and scribes debating with them.
Acts 4:2being indignant that they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 17:31inasmuch as he hath fixed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he hath appointed; having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
Romans 1:22professing to be wise, they became fools,
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Matthew Henry on Acts 17:17-22
Paul at Athens. 16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the… Read the whole commentary →