Acts 17:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, 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 resurrection.

Philosophers

Romans 1:22

1 Corinthians 1:20

Colossians 2:8

Encountered

Acts 6:9

Mark 9:14

Luke 11:53

Babbler

1 Corinthians 3:18

Jesus

General references

1 Corinthians 1:27

Bible References

Philosophers

Saying that they were wise they became foolish,

Where is the wise? where the scribe? where the disputer of this life? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

See that no one leads you off as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

Encountered

But some members of the synagogue called that of the Libertines and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and of those from Cilicia and Asia, arose and disputed with Stephen,

And coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes disputing with them.

And when he had gone out thence the scribes and Pharisees were extremely angry, and questioned him on many subjects,

Babbler

Let no one deceive himself; if any one seems to be wise among you in this life, let him be a fool, that he may be wise.

Jesus

because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

that the Christ should suffer, and that he first from the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and the nations.

For this end Christ died and lived again, that he might exercise lordship over the dead and living.

For I delivered to you at first, what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

General references

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world has God chosen to put to shame the mighty,