14. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy stayed on there.
15. Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.
16. While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was troubled within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.
17. So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
18. Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say? ”Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities” — because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
19. They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you’re speaking of?
20. For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean.”