Acts 17:17-22

¹⁷He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.

¹⁸But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection to them.

¹⁹And having taken hold on him they brought him to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee is?

²⁰For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

²¹Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.

²²And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;