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32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

Acts 17:32

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 32-34)

We have here a short account of the issue of Paul’s preaching at Athens. I. Few were the better: the gospel had as little success at Athens as any where; for the pride of the philosophers there, as of the Pharisees at Jerusalem, prejudiced them against the gospel of Christ. 1. Some ridiculed Paul and his preaching. They heard him patiently till he came to speak of the resurrection of the dead (Act...

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