Acts 17:18
But also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. Some said, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be one who calls people to follow strange gods,” because he was proclaiming Jesus and the resurrection.
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Proverbs 23:9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, 1 for he will despise the wisdom of your words. 1
Mark 9:14When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and scribes were arguing with them.
Acts 4:2They were deeply troubled because Peter and John were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 17:31This is because he has set a day when he will judge the world in righteousness by the man he has chosen. God has given proof of this man to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
Romans 1:22They claimed to be wise, but they became foolish.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this world? Has not God turned the wisdom of the world into foolishness?
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 →