Acts 17:18

New American Bible - revised edition

Even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers engaged him in discussion. Some asked, “What is this scavenger trying to say?” Others said, “He sounds like a promoter of foreign deities,” because he was preaching about ‘Jesus’ and ‘Resurrection.’

Cross References

Proverbs 23:9

Do not speak in the hearing of fools; they will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 26:12

You see those who are wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.

Mark 9:14

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing with them.

Luke 11:53

When he left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things,

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.” Reactions to Paul’s Speech.

Acts 4:2

disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

Acts 5:42

And all day long, both at the temple and in their homes, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Messiah, Jesus.

Acts 6:9

Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen,

Romans 1:22

While claiming to be wise, they became fools

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you considers himself wise in this age, let him become a fool so as to become wise.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools on Christ’s account, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ. Sovereign Role of Christ.