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 to them Jesus and the resurrection. Acts 17:18 NKJV.
Babbler, spermologos, Strong’s #4691: Athenian slang for:
- A bird that picks up seeds;
- Men lounging around the marketplace, making a living by picking up whatever falls from the loads of merchandise;
- A babbler, chatterer, or gossip retailing bits and pieces of misinformation;
- A pseudo-intellectual who insists on spouting off.
Tragically, the super-intellectuals on Mars Hill failed to see in Paul all the necessary ingredients for being a truth bringer.
Epicureanism (seeking tranquility as the highest good) and Stoicism (being free passion and passively accepting everything in life as inevitable, impersonal fate) were popular philosophies.
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by Mannyr in Christianity, Commentary, Nuggets, Religions of Man, Word Study, word study Greek
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 to them Jesus and the resurrection. Acts 17:18 NKJV.
Babbler, spermologos, Strong’s #4691: Athenian slang for:
Tragically, the super-intellectuals on Mars Hill failed to see in Paul all the necessary ingredients for being a truth bringer.
Epicureanism (seeking tranquility as the highest good) and Stoicism (being free passion and passively accepting everything in life as inevitable, impersonal fate) were popular philosophies.
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