Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Act 17:18 — 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.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

philosophers   Rom 1:22; 1Cr 1:20,21; Col 2:8
encountered   Act 6:9; Mar 9:14; Luk 11:53
babbler   or, base fellow. Pro 23:9; Pro 26:12; 1Cr 3:18
Jesus   Act 17:31; Act 26:23; Rom 14:9,10; 1Cr 15:3,4
Correlating Passages
philosophers
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
1Cr 1:20 Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1Cr 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
encountered
Act 6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Mar 9:14 And when he came to [his] disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
Luk 11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
babbler
Pro 23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Pro 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
1Cr 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Jesus
Act 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Act 26:23 That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Rom 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Rom 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
1Cr 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Cr 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

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Scott, Thomas. "Acts 17:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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