So Paul went out from their midst.
The philosophers of Athens could not stomach the resurrection of the dead; it flew in the face of their cherished principle that what is once lost cannot return. So they mocked and hissed Paul when he mentioned it, for this great doctrine which is the saints' joy became their jest. A few asked to hear more, but the pride of those schools, like the pride of the Pharisees, shut their minds against Christ.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 17:32-34
Paul left the Areopagus when they began deriding him, for by their scoffing they judged themselves unworthy of the Gospel. He departed that court of judicature quietly, unmolested except by their jeers, having said what needed to be said to men who had nothing left to say to him.
AI summary
Verse 33. So Paul departed. Seeing there was little hope of saving them. it was not his custom to labour long in a barren field, or to preach where there was no prospect of success.