Acts 17:18⥂
KJV:
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.
BSB:
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
Greek:
τινὲς δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἐπικουρείων καὶ τῶν Στοϊκῶν φιλοσόφων συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ· καί τινες ἔλεγον· τί ἂν θέλοι ὁ σπερμολόγος οὗτος λέγειν; οἱ δέ· ξένων δαιμονίων δοκεῖ καταγγελεὺς εἶναι· ὅτι τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῖς εὐηγγελίζετο.¶
Topics:
ATHENS • BABBLER • EPICUREANS • INFIDELITY • PAUL • PHILOSOPHY • RESURRECTION • SCOFFING • STOICISM
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| Translation | Greek | Transliteration [morphology] | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Some | τινὲς | tines X-NPM | NKO |
| then | δὲ | de CONJ | NKO |
| also | καὶ | kai CONJ | NKO |
| of the | τῶν | tōn T-GPM | NKO |
| Epicureans | Ἐπικουρείων 1 | Epikoureiōn N-GPM | NKO |
| and | καὶ | kai CONJ | NKO |
| of the | τῶν | tōn T-GPM | k |
| Stoics | Στοϊκῶν 2 | Stoikōn A-GPM-T | NKO |
| philosophers | φιλοσόφων | philosophōn N-GPM | NKO |
| were encountering | συνέβαλλον | suneballon V-IAI-3P | NKO |
| him; | αὐτῷ· | autō P-DSM | NKO |
| And | καί | kai CONJ | NKO |
| some | τινες | tines X-NPM | NKO |
| were saying; | ἔλεγον· | elegon V-IAI-3P | NKO |
| What | τί | ti I-ASN | NKO |
| maybe | ἂν | an PRT | NKO |
| would intend | θέλοι | theloi V-PAO-3S | NKO |
| <the> | ὁ | ho T-NSM | NKO |
| babbler | σπερμολόγος | spermologos A-NSM | NKO |
| this | οὗτος | houtos D-NSM | NKO |
| to say? | λέγειν; | legein V-PAN | NKO |
| Others | οἱ | hoi T-NPM | NKO |
| however; | δέ· | de CONJ | NKO |
| Of foreign | ξένων | xenōn A-GPN | NKO |
| gods | δαιμονίων | daimoniōn N-GPN | NKO |
| he seems | δοκεῖ | dokei V-PAI-3S | NKO |
| a proclaimer | καταγγελεὺς | katangeleus N-NSM | NKO |
| to be; | εἶναι· | einai V-PAN | NKO |
| because | ὅτι | hoti CONJ | NKO |
| <the> | τὸν | ton T-ASM | NKO |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Iēsoun N-ASM-P | NKO |
| and | καὶ | kai CONJ | NKO |
| the | τὴν | tēn T-ASF | NKO |
| resurrection | ἀνάστασιν | anastasin N-ASF | NKO |
| to them | αὐτοῖς | autois P-DPM | k |
| he was evangelising. | εὐηγγελίζετο.¶ | euēngelizeto V-IMI-3S | NKO |
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