Acts 17:16-21 - Paul In Athens

¹⁶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit within him was greatly grieved, beholding the city so devoted to idolatry. ¹⁷ Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped there, and in the forum every day with those he happened to meet. ¹⁸ Then certain of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him: and some said, What will this chattering fellow say? but others, He seemeth to be a preacher of foreign deities, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

¹⁹ So they took him and led him to the hill of Mars, saying, May we know what this novel doctrine taught by thee is? ²⁰ For thou bringest some strange stories to our ears; we wish therefore to know what these things mean. ²¹ Now all the Athenians and the strangers who come to sojourn there, take pleasure in spending their time in nothing else but in talking, or hearing of some novelty.