Acts 17:16-21

In Athens

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at ^aAthens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols. 17 So he was reasoning ^ain the synagogue with the Jews and ^bthe God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present. 18 And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were ¹conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would ^athis ²idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was proclaiming the good news of ^bJesus and the resurrection. 19 And they ^atook him and brought him ¹to the ²^bAreopagus, saying, “May we know what ^cthis new teaching is ³which you are speaking? 20 For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. So we want to know what these things mean.” 21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers ^avisiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something newer.)