8. Hearing these things, the crowd and the city officials were confused.
9. But after receiving bail from Jason and the rest, they released them.
10. As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. Upon arrival, they made their way to the Jewish synagogue.
11. Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, because they received the message with goodwill, searching the Scriptures each day to see whether these things were true.
12. Therefore many of them believed, as well as quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
13. But when the Jewish people of Thessalonica learned that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea, they came there too, agitating and inciting the people.
14. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
15. Those escorting Paul brought him as far as Athens. After receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.
16. Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was aroused within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.
17. So he was debating in the synagogue with the Jewish people and the God-fearers, as well as in the marketplace every day with all who happened to be there.
18. Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What’s this babbler trying to say?” while others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was proclaiming the Good News of Yeshua and the resurrection.
19. So they took Paul to the Aereopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are talking about?