Acts of the Apostles 17:18

In context

16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred within him at the sight of a city full of idols. 17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout, and every day in the marketplace with whoever happened to be there. 18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. “What is this scavenger of ideas trying to say?” said some. Others said, “He seems to be a herald of foreign divinities” — because he was announcing the good news of Jesus and the resurrection. 19So they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus. “May we know what this new teaching of yours is?” they said. 20“You are bringing strange things to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”