32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
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Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
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.
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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