24 But God raised him from the dead,(A) freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.(B)

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24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

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24 (A)whom God raised up, having [a]loosed the [b]pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:24 destroyed or abolished
  2. Acts 2:24 Lit. birth pangs

18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news(A) about Jesus and the resurrection.(B)

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18 Then 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.

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18 [a]Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this [b]babbler want to say?”

Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them (A)Jesus and the resurrection.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:18 NU, M add also
  2. Acts 17:18 Lit. seed picker, an idler who makes a living picking up scraps

32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead,(A) some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”

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32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

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32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter.

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