Acts 17:18

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A group of Epicurean and Stoic thinkers began to argue with him. Some of them asked, “What is this person blabbing on about?” Others said, “He seems to be talking about gods we’ve never heard of.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and saying that he’d risen from the dead.

Cross References

Colossians 2:8

Make sure that no one makes you their prisoner through false and deceptive reasoning, through ideas that depend on human teachings and the basic spiritual powers of this world rather than on Christ.

Acts 4:2

The Sadducees were a group that didn’t believe people could be raised from the dead, so they were very upset that the apostles were teaching that Jesus had risen from the dead.

Luke 11:53

When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law opposed him fiercely.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We’re fools for Christ, but you’re so wise in Christ! We’re weak, but you’re so strong! You are honored, but we’re looked down on!

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t fool yourselves. If any of you think you’re wise by the standards of the world, you should become “fools” so that you can become truly wise.

Romans 1:22

They claimed to be wise, but they turned into fools.

Acts 26:23

They said the Messiah would suffer but then be the first to rise from the dead, and that he would bring the message of light to the Jews and to the Gentiles.”

Mark 9:14

When they got back to the other disciples, they found a large crowd standing around them, and the teachers of the law were arguing with them.

Acts 6:9

But members of a group called the Synagogue of the Freedmen began to oppose him. Some of them were Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria. Others were Jews from Cilicia and Asia. They all began to argue with Stephen.

Acts 5:42

Every day they continued to teach, both standing in the temple courtyards and going from house to house. They never stopped telling people the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.