16. While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he grew exasperated at the sight of the city full of idols.
17. So he debated in the synagogue with the Jews and with the worshipers, and daily in the public square with whoever happened to be there.
18. Even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers engaged him in discussion. Some asked, “What is this scavenger trying to say?” Others said, “He sounds like a promoter of foreign deities,” because he was preaching about ‘Jesus’ and ‘Resurrection.’
19. They took him and led him to the Areopagus and said, “May we learn what this new teaching is that you speak of?