Acts 17:16-21

16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

17So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.

18Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, “What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.” (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

20For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”

21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)