Act 17:18 | PNT | STEP | Of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks . Two of the philosophical schools then prevalent in Athens. The first held that the gods were careless about human affairs, and that a man's best course was to get as much pleasure out of life as possible. With them pleasure was the chief good. The Stoics were fatalists, believers in a sort of pantheism, and insisted on self-righteousness. Epicurus was the founder of the first sect; Zeno, of the second. What will this babbler say ? A contemptuous expression. A setter forth of strange gods . He spoke of God and the risen Jesus. Some have thought that they mistook "Anastasis", the Greek for "resurrection", for the name of a goddess.

Acts 17:18

Of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks. Two of the philosophical schools then prevalent in Athens. The first held that the gods were careless about human affairs, and that a man's best course was to get as much pleasure out of life as possible. With them pleasure was the chief good. The Stoics were fatalists, believers in a sort of pantheism, and insisted on self-righteousness. Epicurus was the founder of the first sect; Zeno, of the second.

What will this babbler say? A contemptuous expression.

A setter forth of strange gods. He spoke of God and the risen Jesus. Some have thought that they mistook "Anastasis", the Greek for "resurrection", for the name of a goddess.