Epicureans
Disciples of Epicurus, B.C. 342-271, who abandoned as hopeless the search by reason for pure truth, compare (John 18:38), seeking instead true pleasure through experience.
Stoicks
Disciples of Zeno, B.C. 280, and Chrysippus, B.C. 240. This philosophy was founded on human self-sufficiency, inculcated stern self-repression, the solidarily of the race, and the unity of Deity. Epicureans and Stocis divided the apostolic world.
ACTS 17:18 o[ti … euvhggeli,zeto It is curious that D itgig omit the explanatory clause. Although some scholars have regarded the reading as a Western non-interpolation, it is more likely that the wo...
Verse Acts 17:18. _CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS_] These were the followers of _Epicurus_, who acknowledged no gods except in _name_, and absolutely denied that they exercised any government...
THEN CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS - Athens was distinguished, among all the cities of Greece and the world, for the cultivation of a subtle and refined philosophy. This was their boast, and the object of thei...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The Gospel in Thessalonica (Acts 17:1)._ 2. The Gospel in Beroea (Acts 17:10). 3. Paul in Athens (Acts 17:15). Three cities in which the Gospel is next preached are before us in thi...
PAUL AT ATHENS. Athens was at this time no longer the intellectual centre of the world, nor the best of the leading schools of philosophy; but the fame of the city drew many to it, and a visit to Athe...
IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
When Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply vexed as he saw the whole city full of idols. He debated with the Jews and the worshippers in the synagogue and every day he talked in t...
PHILOSOPHERS, &C. = of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. Only occurance of _philosophos._ The Epicureans were followers of Epicurus (342-279 B.C.) who held that pleasure was the highest good, whil...
_philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoicks_ In St Paul's day these two systems of philosophy were most prominent throughout the Roman world, and were regarded as conflicting though in many poi...
αὐτοῖς before ΕΥ̓ΗΓΓΕΛΊΖΕΤΟ omitted with אBLP. _Vulg_. has ‘eis.’ 18. ΤΙΝῈΣ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ΤΩ͂Ν ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΕΊΩΝ ΚΑῚ ΣΤΩΪΚΩ͂Ν ΦΙΛΟΣΌΦΩΝ, _then certain philosophers, both of the Epicureans and of the Stoics_. In St...
PAUL, PROVOKED BY THE PREVALENCE OF IDOLATRY AT ATHENS, FIRST ADDRESSES THE JEWS AND THEN THE GENTILES. SOME OF THE PHILOSOPHERS QUESTION HIM ON HIS TEACHING, AND BRING HIM TO THE AREOPAGUS THAT THEY...
_AN ALTAR TO AN UNKNOWN GOD ACTS 17:16-23:_ While Paul waited for his co-workers his spirit was stirred by all the idolatry in Athens. He saw a city "full of idols." Paul had discussions, (1) in the S...
ΣΥΝΈΒΑΛΛΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΒΆΛΛΩ (G4820) вмешиваться, спорить, ветречаться, ссориться. Об эпикурейцах и стойках _см._ Bruce, ΈΛΕΓΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΘΈΛΟΙ _praes._...
THE EPICUREANS AND—STOICS,— _The Epicureans,_ whose sect was founded by _Epicurus,_ are said to have ascribed neither creation nor providence to God; but held that the world was made by a conflux of a...
IN ATHENS. Acts 17:14 b - Acts 17:34. a. The brethren from Berea go with Paul as far as Athens and take back a command for the coming of Silas and Timothy. Acts 17:14 b -...
18. By efforts so persistent he succeeded in attracting some attention from the idle throng, but it was of a character, at first, not very flattering. (18) "_The certain of the Epicurean and Stoic phi...
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 pr...
1 Luke seems to have remained behind at Philippi, for the narrative now proceeds in the third person. Timothy also tarried, for no one was more genuinely solicitous of the welfare of the infant eccles...
SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-15. Thessalonica and Berœa. 1. Amphipolis] 32 m. W. of Philippi. APOLLONIA] 30 m. W. of Amphipolis. THESSALONICA] now Salonika, was the capital of the provin...
ATHENS. After leaving Berœa, St. Paul entered the Roman province of Achaia, which was at this time a senatorian province, governed by a proconsul, and of which the capital was Corinth. He first visite...
BABBLER] lit. 'a picker up of seeds' (like a bird); hence a shallow talker who picks up scraps of information, and retails them at secondhand. AND THE RESURRECTION] better, and Anastasis.' The Athenia...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 17 PAUL AND SILAS GO TO THESSALONICA, 17:1-4 V1 Paul and Silas travelled through Amphipolis and Apollonia. They came to Thessalonica. There was...
CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS, AND OF THE STOICKS. — The two schools were at this time the great representatives of Greek thought. The former took its name from its founder, Epicurus, who liv...
CHAPTER 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, followin...
CHAPTER 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, followin...
CHAPTER 13 ST. PAUL IN GREECE. Acts 17:16; Acts 18:1 THERE are parallelisms in history which are very striking, and yet these parallelisms can be easily explained. The stress and strain of difficult...
συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ : a word peculiar to St. Luke; three times in his Gospel, four times in Acts; it need not have necessarily a hostile sense as in Luke 14:31, but simply means that amongst the chance co...
STIRRED BY IDOLATRY Acts 17:13 From the first, the gospel was baptized in the fire of persecution. How unutterable the loneliness and sorrow of the Apostle as he reached Athens! Did doubt ever enter...
At Thessalonica and Berea the apostle visited the synagogues, and again in each case persecution arose from the Jews. A sentence which fell from the lips of the leader of the mob shows with what rapid...
Paul and the Athenian Philosophers While he waited, Paul apparently toured the city and discovered it was totally given over to idolatry. This provoked, or one might say angered, him. He went to the s...
(10) Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this (i) babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: becau...
Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. The former of these philosophers held as their doctrine, that the Almighty did not interfere by his providence in the government of the world; that the soul did not s...
PAUL AT ATHENS 16-33. While Timothy and Silas prosecute the work in the upper country, Paul and Luke spend the time at Athens, the world's grand emporium of science, literature, philosophy, and idolat...
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. (17) Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout p...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
_HISTORICAL CERTAINTY OF THE RESURRECTION_ ‘Jesus and the Resurrection.’ Acts 17:18 It is of vital importance, and especially at a time such as the present, to realise that the Resurrection of the...
− 18._They reasoned with him. _Luke addeth now that Paul had a combat with the philosophers; not that he set upon them of set purpose, forasmuch as he knew that they were even born only to brawl and c...
In the last case it was the power exercised by the enemy over the passions of the Gentiles that caused the persecution of the apostles: at Thessalonica we again find the old and universal enmity of th...
THEN CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS,.... These were so called from Epicurus, the son of Neocles, who was born 342 years before Christ, and taught philosophy at Athens, in his garden; the princ...
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 pre...
_Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoics encountered him_ Greek, συνεβαλλον αυτω, _opposed themselves to him._ The Epicureans entirely denied a providence, and held the world to...
EPICUREANS; from Epicurus their founder, who taught that pleasure is the chief good. STOICS; from stoa, a Greek word meaning a porch; because, in a structure so named, Zeno the founder of this sect t...
THEN CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS AND OF THE STOICS ENCOUNTERED HIM. AND SOME SAID, WHAT WILL THIS BABBLER SAY? OTHER SOME, HE SEEMETH TO BE A SETTER FORTH OF STRANGE GODS; BECAUSE HE PREACH...
PAUL IN ATHENS. The arrival and the first discussions:...
From Philippi Paul and his company travelled westward in Greece to Thessalonica (also in Macedonia). A Jewish synagogue being there, they attended this for three sabbath days, reasoning with the Jews...
THEN CERTAIN EPICUREAN AND STOIC PHILOSOPHERS ENCOUNTERED HIM. AND SOME SAID, " WHAT DOES THIS BABBLER WANT TO SAY? " OTHERS SAID, " HE SEEMS TO BE A PROCLAIMER OF FOREIGN GODS, " BECAUSE HE PREACHED...
BABBLER: Or, base fellow...
"And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be. setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus...
16-21 Athens was then famed for polite learning, philosophy, and the fine arts; but none are more childish and superstitious, more impious, or more credulous, than some persons, deemed eminent for le...
Both these sects of philosophers were the most opposite to Christianity of all others: 1. The _Epicureans_ (so called from one Epicurus) did generally deny, that the world was made, or that it is gov...
18. By efforts so persistent he succeeded in attracting some attention from the idle throng, but it was of a character, at first, not very flattering. (18) " The certain of the Epicurean and Stoic phi...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I branding not all philosophy, but the Epicurean, which Paul mentions in the Acts of the Apostles,[124] Lactantius A Treatise on the Anger of God Therefore the o...
Acts 17:18 Then G1161 certain G5100 Epicurean G1946 and G2532 Stoic G4770 philosophers G5386 encountered G4820 (G5707)
‘And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him.' In the marketplace he met among others certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. The founder of Epicureanism (Epicurus) saw...
EFFECTIVE MINISTRY IN ATHENS (17:15-34). His Berean guides saw Paul safely to Athens. This had not been where he was originally aiming for. After Thessalonica his intention had probably been to procee...
Acts 17:18. THEN CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS, AND OF THE STOICS. This would be more accurately rendered, ‘of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers.' Epicurus, founder of the philosophic sect...
AND CERTAIN ALSO OF THE EPICUREAN AND STOIC PHILOSOPHERS ENCOUNTERED HIM (τινες δε κα των Επικουριων κα Στωικων φιλοσοφων συνεβαλλον αυτω). Imperfect active of συνβαλλω, old verb, in the N.T. only b...
CONTENTS: Founding of church at Thessalonica and the Jewish opposition. Paul and Silas at Berea. Paul at Athens and the sermon from Mars' hill. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Silas, Jason, Caesar, philoso...
Acts 17:1. _When they had passed through Amphipolis._ Boiste adds the Roman name _Emboli._ It was built by Simon, the Athenian commander. It stood on an island formed in the river Strymon, and was cal...
WHILE PAUL WAS WAITING IN ATHENS. Some think he had intended to wait until the others came, before beginning his work. HE WAS GREATLY UPSET. PAROKSUNETO: burning with anger [righteous indignation]. He...
_Therefore disputed he in the synagogue … and in the market._ PAUL’S DISCUSSIONS IN THE SYNAGOGUE AND MARKET PLACE I. The parties with whom Paul reasoned. These may be looked on in two aspects:-- 1...
_And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athena _ PAUL AT ATHENS I. The place which the apostle visited. Athens. II. The feelings of which he was the subject. Not of admiration at the masterp...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:18 Paul spoke with representatives of two of the most popular philosophies of the day, Stoicism and Epicureanism. ⇐...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 17:16. ATHENS.—Described by Milton (_Paradise Regained_, Acts 4:20) as “the eye of Greece,” and “the mother of arts and eloquence.” The capital of Attica was situated about fiv...
EXPOSITION ACTS 17:1 AMPHIPOLIS. This was the ancient capital of that division of Macedonia (Macedonia Prima); see Acts 16:12, note. It was situated on the Via Egnatia, thirty-four miles southwest f...
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews (Acts 17:1): Now Luke passes that off in one verse. From Philippi to Amph...
1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Corinthians 15:4;...
Epicureans. Disciples of Epicurus, and atheists. They acknowledged God in words, but denied his providence and superintendence over the world. According to them, the soul was material and annihilated...
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosopher — The Epicureans entirely denied a providence, and held the world to be the effect of mere chance; asserting sensual pleasure to be man's chief good, and th...