Acts 17:32

And when they heard of the Techiyas HaMesim, some were mocking Rav Sha'ul. But others said, We will hear you again about this.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

In Context

31Because he set a day in which he is about to bring MISHPAT + 17:31 Ps 9:8 on the Olam Hazeh in tzedek + 17:31 Dan 9:24 by an ISH + 17:31 Zech 6:12 whom he appointed, having furnished proof to all by having made him to stand up alive again from the Mesim. + 17:31 Ps 9:8; 96:13; 98:9; Isa 53:11 MEGILLOT YAM HAMELACH (DEAD SEA SCROLLS)

33Thus did Rav Sha'ul go out from the midst of them.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:9For if ye turn again unto Hashem, your achim and your banim shall find rachamim before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come back into HaAretz HaZot, for Hashem Eloheichem is channun (gracious) and rachum (compassionate), and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him.

Luke 14:18But each began to come up with a teretz (excuse). The rishon (first) said to him, I bought a sadeh (field) and I am compelled to go out and look at it. Please be mekabel (receive, accept) my teretz.

Luke 23:11And having treated him with contempt, Herod with his chaiyalim also ridiculed him, having clothed him in an elegant royal robe. So they thus sent back him to Pilate.

Acts 2:13But others, mocking, were saying, Of sweet wine they have been filled!

Acts 17:18Also some of the Apikoros (Epicurean) and Stoic philosophers started conversing with Rav Sha'ul, and some were saying, What might this babbler wish to say? And others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities. They said this because of what Rav Sha'ul was proclaiming: Yehoshua and the Techiyas HaMesim.

Acts 24:25And as Rav Sha'ul was conversing about tzedek + 24:25 Dan 9:24 and kibush hayetzer (self-control) and about the Yom HaDin coming, Felix suddenly became afraid, and said, That will do for the moment. Go now. When I find time, I'll send for you.

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:23-32

Paul at Athens. 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed… Read the whole commentary →

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