Acts 17:32 (WEB)
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
Catechism · 1
“From the beginning, Christian faith in the resurrection has met with incomprehension and opposition.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 17:32; 12Cor 15:12-13.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Greeks contradict it, Samaritans disbelieve it, heretics mutilate it; the contradiction is manifold, but the truth is uniform.” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 32; xxvi. 24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The Athenians wondered, when the Apostle Paul spake of the resurrection of the dead, and thought that he spake but fables.” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 18, 32.
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Tertullian
“Nor had the Athenians previously understood Paul to announce any other resurrection.” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 32.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 39.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 39.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 39.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 39.