Acts 17:14-20

¹⁴Immediately the believers sent Paul to the coast, while Silas and Timothy remained behind.

¹⁵Those escorting Paul took him as far as Athens, and then returned with instructions from Paul to Silas and Timothy that they should join him there as soon as possible.

¹⁶While Paul was waiting for them in Athens he was very troubled to see all the idolatry in the city.

¹⁷He debated in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped God, as well as in the marketplace with those he happened to meet from day to day.

¹⁸Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also argued with him. “What is he going on about?” they wondered. Others concluded, “He seems to be teaching about some foreign gods,” because he was speaking about Jesus and the resurrection.

¹⁹So they took him to the Areopagus, and asked him, “Please tell us about this new teaching that you're promoting.

²⁰We're hearing from you things that sound odd to us, so we'd like to know what they mean.”