ACTS 17:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him — Some of them asked, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' — Epicureanism and Stoicism represent the two dominant philosophical schools; both dismiss the gospel's claims. The term spermologos (seed-picker, babbler) suggests Paul scatters intellectual seeds without coherence, a dismissal of his philosophical credentials.
Church Fathers on Acts 17:18
he disputed with the Jews in the synagogue, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Then certain of the philosophers of the Stoics and Epicureans encountered him. Acts 17:18 It is a wonder the philosophers did not laugh him to scorn, speaking in the way he did. And some said, What does this babbler mean to say? insolently, on the instant: — this is far from philosophy. Other some said, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods, from the preaching, because he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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