ACC ~ Acts 17 v18

CERTAIN EPICUREAN AND STOIC PHILOSOPHERS. BEDE: The Epicureans, following the stupidity of their teacher, put the happiness of humanity in the pleasure of the body alone, while the Stoics placed it solely in the virtue of the mind. Although indeed they disagreed with each other, they nevertheless were united in opposition to the apostle with respect to [his belief that] a human being subsists in soul and body. Thus he taught that [one] ought to be happy in both [body and soul] but that this will not be achieved in the present time or by human power but by the grace of God through Jesus Christ in the glory of the resurrection. COMMENTARY ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 17.18A.

A NEW GOD. CHRYSOSTOM: By the term resurrection the Athenians understood a god, for they were accustomed even to worship females. … They called their gods daimones, for their cities were full of daimones. CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 17.18.

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