Acts 17:18
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
εὐαγγελίζω
To bring good news, to proclaim the gospel. Euaggelizo. How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news. The Gospel is news not advice. It announces what has happened.
Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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δαιμόνιον
gods
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δαιμόνιον
Demon, evil spirit. Daimonion. The seventy returned with joy saying Lord even the demons submit to us in your name. Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
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θέλω
would intend
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θέλω
To will, to wish, to desire. Thelo. I am willing be made clean. Jesus was always willing to heal, forgive and restore. His willingness has not changed.
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ξένος
Of foreign
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ξένος
Strange, foreign, unusual. Xenos. I was a stranger and you welcomed Me. Jesus identifies with the outsider. Welcoming the stranger is welcoming Him.
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λέγω
to say?
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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συμβάλλω
were encountering
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συμβάλλω
to combine, i.e. (in speaking) to converse, consult, dispute, (mentally) to consider, (by implication) to aid, (personally) to join, attack
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δοκέω
he seems
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δοκέω
compare the base of G1166 (δεικνύω)) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
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σπερμολόγος
babbler
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σπερμολόγος
a seed-picker (as the crow), i.e. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk)
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Στωϊκός
Stoics
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Στωϊκός
a "Stoic" (as occupying a particular porch in Athens), i.e. adherent of a certin philosophy
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τίς
What
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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φιλόσοφος
philosophers
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φιλόσοφος
fond of wise things, i.e. a "philosopher"
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Ἐπικούρειος
Epicureans
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Ἐπικούρειος
an Epicurean or follower of Epicurus
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τὶς
Some
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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καταγγελεύς
a proclaimer
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καταγγελεύς
a proclaimer
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εἶναι
to be;
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εἶναι
to exist
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