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

Pretending to be wise they Became fools:

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputant of the age? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Take heed least any one make a prey of you by philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ:

Encountered

But there rose up some of the synagogue, which is called that of the libertines, and some of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia, and Asia, to dispute with Stephen:

And when He came to the other disciples, He saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes disputing with them.

As He was saying these things unto them the scribes and pharisees began vehemently to attack Him, and urge Him to speak of many things,

Babbler

Let no one deceive himself: if any among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be truly wise.

Jesus

Because He hath fixed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom He hath appointed thereto; having given assurance of it to all men, by raising Him from the dead.

and being the first of the resurrection from the dead should bring light to the people and to the Gentiles."

For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and lives again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

For in the first place I delivered to you, that which I also received, to wit, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:

General references

but God hath chosen things that are foolish in the eye of the world to put it's wise men to confusion; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the mighty;