Acts 17:18
And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,
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Proverbs 23:9In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
Mark 9:14And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,
Acts 4:2being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the rising again out of the dead —
Acts 17:31because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.'
Romans 1:22professing to be wise, they were made fools,
1 Corinthians 1:20where [is] the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make 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 →