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Acts 17:18

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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.

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  1. Acts 17:16

    Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

  2. Acts 17:17

    Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

  3. Acts 17:19

    And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

  4. Acts 17:20

    For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

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