Acts 17:18
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange gods: because he preached unto them 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 your words.
Mark 9:14And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
Acts 4:2Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 17:31Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
Romans 1:22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this 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 →