Acts 17:18

18Someτινὲςthenδὲalsoκαὶof theτῶνEpicureansἘπικουρείωνandκαὶStoicsΣτοϊκῶνphilosophersφιλοσόφωνencounteredσυνέβαλλονhimαὐτῷ,Andκαίsomeτινεςwere sayingἔλεγον·WhatΤίἂνmay desireθέλοιof theὁbabblerσπερμολόγοςthisοὗτοςto sayλέγειν;Othersοἱhoweverδέ·Of foreignΞένωνgodsδαιμονίωνhe seemsδοκεῖa proclaimerκαταγγελεὺςto beεἶναι·becauseὅτιτὸνJesusἸησοῦνandκαὶtheτὴνresurrectionἀνάστασινhe was proclaiming the gospel ofεὐηγγελίζετο.

And also some of the Epicureans and Stoics, philosophers, encountered him, and some were saying, “What may this babbler desire to say?” but others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange gods,” because he was proclaiming the gospel—Jesus and the resurrection.

Vocab difficulty

59.0

Rare words

  • Ἐπικουρείων

    Ἐπικούρειος

    an Epicurean, one who holds the tenets of Epicurus.

  • Στοϊκῶν

    Στοϊκός

  • φιλοσόφων

    φιλόσοφος

    a philosopher.

  • σπερμολόγος

    σπερμολόγος

    a babbler, gossiper, one who picks up seeds and trifles as does a bird.

  • καταγγελεὺς

    καταγγελεύς

    a reporter, announcer, proclaimer, herald.