The Apostle Paul engaged in public debates with various groups including Jews, God-worshippers, and Epicurean and Stoic philosophers in the marketplace, where he was challenged by critics who questioned his intellectual authority and dismissed him as a 'pseudo intellectual.'
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Acts tells us in verse 17, "So he reasoned in the synagogue that he threw words at the people. He was casting his words, casting arguments, casting debates at people with the Jews and with those who worship God in the marketplace every day and with those who happen to be there." And then verse 18, then also some of the Epicurian and Stoic philosophers argued. They threw words at him.
Some said, "What is this pseudo intellectual trying to say? Who does this guy Paul think he is to talk to us?
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