Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. Some said, “What is this babbler trying to say?” But others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities.” (They said this because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
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Mark 9:14When Jesus came back to the other disciples, he saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.
Acts 4:2greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 17:31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man he has appointed. He has provided assurance of this to everyone by raising this man from the dead.”
Romans 1:22Claiming to be wise, they became fools
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of this world foolish?
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 →