Acts 17:19-22

19So these men asked Paul to go with them to Areopagus hill. They wanted him to speak to the city's important officers who met there.

20The officers said, ‘These strange ideas that you are teaching surprise us. Please explain to us what these ideas mean.’

21(The people of Athens liked to talk about new ideas. So did the foreign people who lived there. They all wanted to hear new things and to talk about them. They seemed to do this all the time.)

22So Paul stood up in front of the important officers of the city. He said to them, ‘People of Athens. I see that you have many gods.