Acts 17:16-21 - Paul In Athens
16 Paul waited for them at Athens. His spirit was irritated within him when he saw the city full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and devout persons. He went to the marketplace every day with those who would meet with him. 18 The Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. Some said: What is this babbler saying? Others: He seems to be advocating strange gods because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus. They said, May we know what is this new teaching? 20 You bring strange ideas to our ears. We want to know what these things mean. 21 The Athenians and the strangers who lived there spent their time doing nothing else except talking about and listening to new ideas.