Acts 17:18

Modern English Version

Then some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What will this babbler say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection to them.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:9

Speak not in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Mark 9:14

When He came to His other disciples, He saw a great crowd around them, and the scribes disputing with them.

Luke 11:53

As He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to incite Him vehemently and angrily draw Him out concerning many things,

Acts 26:23

that the Christ must suffer, that He would be the first who would rise from the dead, and would announce light to His own people and to the Gentiles.”

Acts 4:2

being greatly troubled, because they taught the people and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Acts 5:42

Daily, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

Acts 6:9

Then some men rose up from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and of Asia), disputing with Stephen.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honorable, but we are despised.

Colossians 2:8

Beware lest anyone captivate you through philosophy and vain deceit, in the tradition of men and the elementary principles of the world, and not after Christ.