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Epicureans

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: E By: James P. Boyd

Acts 17:18

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(followers of Epicurus). A sect of pleasure-loving philosophers at Athens (Acts 17:18¹⁸Then 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. (Acts 17:18)).

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