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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(porch scholars). Members of a Grecian philosophical school, or
sect
, founded by Zeno, 308 B. C., who taught in the stow, or porch, of the Agora at
Athens
. They held to a high morality, proud independence of
spirit
, fateful, in place of providential, superintendence, wisdom as the source of happiness (
Acts 17:18
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. (Acts 17:18)
).
Paul
encountered both
Stoics
and Epicureans at Athens, and, on being taken into Areopagus by them, delivered to them the oration (
Acts 17:22-31
22
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:22‑31)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
A
sect
of the philosophers of
Greece
, founded by Zeno, and named after the
Stoa
, the porch at
Athens
where the
philosopher
assembled his pupils. He taught that there was one Supreme Being, but many subordinate
gods
, and that
man
had similar faculties to the gods.
Intellect
was to be their guide, and pleasures and pains of the body were not to be regarded. From this sect the English word “stoic” is derived. Pantheism, fatalism, and pride were the leading features of the stoics. Some of such were among the audience
Paul
addressed at Athens (
Acts 17:18
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. (Acts 17:18)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
4770
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
Στοϊκός
Transliteration:
Stoikos
Phonic:
sto-ik-os’
Meaning:
from
4745
; a "Stoic" (as occupying a particular porch in Athens), i.e. adherent of a certin philosophy
KJV Usage:
Stoick
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
of the portico
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
In the gate:―a sect of philosophers, Acts 17:18. {In porta}
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