Acts of the Apostles 17:20

In context

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.” 21(All the Athenians and the foreigners living among them spent their time on nothing but telling or hearing the latest idea.) 22Paul stood up in the middle of the Areopagus and said: “Athenians, I see that in every way you are extremely religious.