Acts 17:16-21

16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed when he saw that the city was full of idols.

17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God, as well as in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, “What is this ignorant show-off 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.

19They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you are presenting?

20Because what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these things mean.”

21Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.