Acts 17:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Acts 17:18 : 18 And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
  • Acts 2:13 : 13 But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine.
  • Acts 26:8 : 8 Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?
  • Acts 26:24-25 : 24 And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced. 25 Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
  • Luke 14:18 : 18 And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.
  • Acts 25:19 : 19 But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living.
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.
  • 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 (For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):
  • Heb 3:7-8 : 7 And so, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you let his voice come to your ears, 8 Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,
  • Heb 11:36 : 36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:
  • Heb 13:13 : 13 Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.
  • Luke 22:63 : 63 And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.
  • Luke 23:11 : 11 And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.
  • Luke 23:36 : 36 And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,
  • Acts 13:41 : 41 See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.
  • Gen 19:14 : 14 And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.
  • 2 Chr 30:9-9 : 9 For if you come back to the Lord, those who took away your brothers and your children will have pity on them, and let them come back to this land: for the Lord your God is full of grace and mercy, and his face will not be turned away from you if you come back to him. 10 So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of. 11 However, some of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun put away their pride and came to Jerusalem.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

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  • Acts 17:31
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    31Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

  • 1 Cor 15:12-13
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    12Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

    13But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:

  • Acts 17:33
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    33And so Paul went away from among them.

  • Acts 17:18-21
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    18And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

    19And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

    20For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

    21(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

  • 1 Cor 15:35
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    35But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?

  • Acts 2:32
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    32This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

  • Acts 26:8
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    8Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

  • Acts 13:30-31
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    30But God gave him back from the dead:

    31And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.

  • Acts 24:21
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    21But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

  • Acts 24:15
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    15Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.

  • 1 Cor 15:15-16
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    15Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.

    16For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:

  • Acts 2:12-13
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    12And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

    13But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine.

  • 2 Tim 2:18
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    18Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.

  • John 5:28
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    28Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

  • Acts 4:2
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    2Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

  • Acts 17:3
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    3Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.

  • Acts 28:24
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    24And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.

  • Acts 25:19
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    19But had certain questions against him in connection with their religion, and about one Jesus, now dead, who, Paul said, was living.

  • Matt 27:41
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    41In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

  • Luke 20:27
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    27And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

  • Matt 22:31
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    31But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

  • 1 Pet 4:5-6
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    5But they will have to give an account of themselves to him who is ready to be the judge of the living and the dead.

    6For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.

  • Acts 3:15
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    15And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

  • Acts 13:37
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    37But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.

  • Acts 10:40-42
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    40On the third day God gave him back to life, and let him be seen,

    41Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

    42And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.

  • Luke 8:53
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    53And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

  • Acts 28:22
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    22But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

  • Mark 9:10
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    10And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

  • 1 Cor 15:29
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    29Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them?

  • Mark 12:18
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    18And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

  • Matt 9:24
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    24He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

  • Acts 23:7
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    7And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.

  • Heb 11:35
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    35Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;

  • Mark 6:16
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    16But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

  • Matt 22:22-23
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    22And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him.

    23On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

  • Jude 1:18
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    18How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things.

  • Luke 16:31
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    31And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

  • Mark 16:13
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    13And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

  • Matt 27:63
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    63Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.