Acts 26:24
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24 Suddenly, Festus shouted, “Paul, you are insane. Too much study has made you crazy!”
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1 Corinthians 2:13-14
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13 When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths.[a] 14 But people who aren’t spiritual[b] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.
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1 Corinthians 1:23
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23 So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.
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2 Corinthians 5:13
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13 If it seems we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit.
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1 Corinthians 4:10
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10 Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you claim to be so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are honored, but we are ridiculed.
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Mark 3:21
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21 When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.
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Acts 26:11
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11 Many times I had them punished in the synagogues to get them to curse Jesus.[a] I was so violently opposed to them that I even chased them down in foreign cities.
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- 26:11 Greek to blaspheme.
Jeremiah 29:26
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26 “The Lord has appointed you to replace Jehoiada as the priest in charge of the house of the Lord. You are responsible to put into stocks and neck irons any crazy man who claims to be a prophet.
2 Kings 9:11
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11 Jehu went back to his fellow officers, and one of them asked him, “What did that madman want? Is everything all right?”
“You know how a man like that babbles on,” Jehu replied.
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Acts 17:32
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32 When they heard Paul speak about the resurrection of the dead, some laughed in contempt, but others said, “We want to hear more about this later.”
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John 10:20-21
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20 Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?” 21 Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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Hosea 9:7
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7 The time of Israel’s punishment has come;
the day of payment is here.
Soon Israel will know this all too well.
Because of your great sin and hostility,
you say, “The prophets are crazy
and the inspired men are fools!”
Acts 25:19-20
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19 Instead, it was something about their religion and a dead man named Jesus, who Paul insists is alive. 20 I was at a loss to know how to investigate these things, so I asked him whether he would be willing to stand trial on these charges in Jerusalem.
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Acts 24:25
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25 As he reasoned with them about righteousness and self-control and the coming day of judgment, Felix became frightened. “Go away for now,” he replied. “When it is more convenient, I’ll call for you again.”
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Acts 22:1
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22 “Brothers and esteemed fathers,” Paul said, “listen to me as I offer my defense.”
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John 8:52
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52 The people said, “Now we know you are possessed by a demon. Even Abraham and the prophets died, but you say, ‘Anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!’
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John 8:48
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48 The people retorted, “You Samaritan devil! Didn’t we say all along that you were possessed by a demon?”
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John 7:15
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15 The people[a] were surprised when they heard him. “How does he know so much when he hasn’t been trained?” they asked.
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- 7:15 Greek Jewish people.
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