Acts 17:32-34
What is written? (ESV)
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, We will hear you again about this. So Paul went out from their midst. But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
What does it say?
Some of them mocked Paul after hearing about the resurrection of the dead. Others agreed to hear him again, while some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others. Paul left their gathering.
What is its immediate context?
Paul’s sermon to the Athenians from Mars Hill while he awaited his companions to join him from Macedonia during his second missionary journey.
How Acts 17:32-34 is applied across Bible answers
What is the first resurrection (Revelation 2:5-6)?
Paul's preaching consisted of "the resurrection of the dead".
Paul's recorded sermon (vss 22-31) only explicitly mentions the one that God raised, Jesus Christ (vs 31), as the assurance that He would judge the world on a day He has "fixed". However, the implication is that they understood that to involve a broader resurrection of those who would "repent" before that day.
