Acts 17:18

New English Translation

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, “What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.” (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

Cross References

Proverbs 23:9

Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 26:12

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

Mark 9:14

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

Luke 11:53

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

Acts 26:23

that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Acts 4:2

angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

Acts 5:42

And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.

Acts 6:9

But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

1 Corinthians 3:18

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

Colossians 2:8

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.