Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
Acts 17:18 - English Standard Version 2016 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him and began to engage in discussion. And some said, What is this babbler with his scrap-heap learning trying to say? Others said, He seems to be an announcer of foreign deities–because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. American Standard Version (1901) And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. Common English Bible Certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers engaged him in discussion too. Some said, “What an amateur! What’s he trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.” (They said this because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) Catholic Public Domain Version Now certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were arguing with him. And some were saying, "What does this sower of the Word want to say?" Yet others were saying, "He seems to be an announcer for new demons." For he was announcing to them Jesus and the Resurrection. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoics disputed with him; and some said: What is it, that this word sower would say? But others: He seemeth to be a setter forth of new gods; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. |
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”
greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.
Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.