"Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again"Some mocked" "Sneered" (Mof). "Laughed outright" (Phi). "Laugh ironically" (Rieu). Neither party (Epicurean or Stoic) believed in the resurrection of anyone, not to mention the resurrection of Jesus. "To the Greeks, the body was. prison house for the soul, and they looked forward to getting rid of the body" (Reese p. 635). "But others said" We do not know if this was. sincere offer or simply. polite way of ignoring what Paul was saying. "People have. way of saying 'I know. ought to obey Christ, and one of these days I'll do it'" (Reese p. 636) (Acts 26:28). Here we have two classic examples of how people wrongly react to the Gospel. Some try to ignore truth by ridiculing it or the messenger. Others convince themselves that they are indeed honest individuals, but now the time to change is not right.

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