Acts 17:18-21 (New International Version)
18
A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching the good news1 about Jesus and the resurrection.2
19
Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus,3 where they said to him, "May we know what this new teaching4 is that you are presenting?
20
You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean."
21
(All the Athenians5 and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
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3.
Acts 17:19 - ver 22
5.
Acts 17:21 - S ver 15