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Nowδὲwhen they heardἈκούσαντεςof the resurrectionἀνάστασινof the dead,νεκρῶνsomeοἱ μὲνbegan to mock,ἐχλεύαζονbut othersοἱ δὲsaid,εἶπαν“We will hearἈκουσόμεθάyouσουagainκαὶ πάλινaboutπερὶthis.”τούτου
Acts 17:32
Study it in the app“Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 17:32, word by word
- when they heardἈκούσαντεςAkousantes
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “Akousantes” appears- of the resurrectionἀνάστασινanastasin
resurrection
Coming back to life after death.
Where else “anastasin” appears- of the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- began to mockἐχλεύαζονechleuazon
mock, sneer
Mock, sneer, jeer.
Where else “echleuazon” appears- saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- againπάλινpalin
again
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appears
The context
31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the inhabited world in righteousness, by a man whom he has appointed, having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
32 · This verse (above)
33So Paul went out from their midst.
To study Acts 17 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people of Berea do with what Paul said, and what came of it? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
In Athens, Paul starts from the altar "to an unknown god" (vv. 22-23). Why does he begin with something they already knew?
3. How I live it
When talking with someone who thinks differently, how can you start from what you share and listen with respect?