Epicureans

(Referring to those who are fastidious in their tastes or enjoyments, connoisseurs)

Reject John the Baptist

• Matthew 11:18

  For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

• Luke 7:33

  For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

Doctrines propagated by, familiar to Solomon

• Ecclesiastes 2:1–10

  I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. …

To Paul

• 1 Corinthians 15:32

  If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

Dispute with Paul

• Acts 17:18

  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.