Acts 17:18
A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him again and again. Some were saying, "What has this beggarly fellow to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
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Mark 9:14When they rejoined the disciples they saw a great crowd surrounding them, and some Scribes disputing with them.
Acts 4:2incensed at their teaching the people, and proclaiming, in the case of Jesus, the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 17:31inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."
Romans 1:22While they professed to be wise, they became fools,
1 Corinthians 1:20Sage, rabbi, skeptic of this present age - where are they all? Has not God made foolish the philosophy 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 →