Acts 17:18

Good News Translation

Certain Epicurean and Stoic teachers also debated with him. Some of them asked, “What is this ignorant show-off trying to say?” Others answered, “He seems to be talking about foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:9

Don't try to talk sense to a fool; he can't appreciate it.

Proverbs 26:12

The most stupid fool is better off than those who think they are wise when they are not.

Mark 9:14

When they joined the rest of the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and some teachers of the Law arguing with them.

Luke 11:53

When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer and be the first one to rise from death, to announce the light of salvation to the Jews and to the Gentiles.”

Acts 4:2

They were annoyed because the two apostles were teaching the people that Jesus had risen from death, which proved that the dead will rise to life.

Acts 5:42

And every day in the Temple and in people's homes they continued to teach and preach the Good News about Jesus the Messiah.

Acts 6:9

But he was opposed by some men who were members of the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), which had Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria. They and other Jews from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia started arguing with Stephen.

Romans 1:22

They say they are wise, but they are fools;

1 Corinthians 3:18

You should not fool yourself. If any of you think that you are wise by this world's standards, you should become a fool, in order to be really wise.

1 Corinthians 4:10

For Christ's sake we are fools; but you are wise in union with Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! We are despised, but you are honored!

Colossians 2:8

See to it, then, that no one enslaves you by means of the worthless deceit of human wisdom, which comes from the teachings handed down by human beings and from the ruling spirits of the universe, and not from Christ.