Acts 17:20-23

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.

23I have walked in the streets of your city. I see that you have built many special places where you worship your gods. I saw one altar with a notice on it. The notice said, “To the god that we do not know.” This shows that you want to worship a god that you do not know. Now I will tell you clearly about who this God is.