Acts Chapter 17 verse 32 Holy Bible
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.
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Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
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And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.
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And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
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Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."
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And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, `We will hear thee again concerning this;'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 32. - Now for and, A.V.; but for and, A.V.; concerning this yet again for again of this matter, A.V. Some mocked. Athenian skepticism could not accept so spiritual a truth as the resurrection of the dead; and Athenian levity of purpose deferred to another day the decisive step of accepting the salvation of the risen Savior, just as it had deferred resistance to Philip of Macedon till their liberties were gone and their country enslaved. (For "We will hear thee again," comp. Acts 24:25.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(32) Some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again.--The word "mocked" implies look and gesture, as well as words, of derision. (See Note on Acts 2:13.) We may venture to assume that the mockers were found chiefly among the Epicureans, and that the inquirers, perhaps putting off the inquiry to a "more convenient season," were Stoics, who wished to hear more from a teacher with whom they found themselves in sympathy on so many points of contact with their own system. Whether they carried on their inquiry we are not told. The words that follow imply a certain indignation on the part of the Apostle. He would not stay to expose the name or the work of his Lord to the jests of scoffers.
