Acts 17:10-20

Paul and Silas in Berea

10 ¹The brothers^[a] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they ²went into the Jewish synagogue.

11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, ³examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

12 ⁴Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek ⁵women of high standing as well as men.

13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, ⁶agitating and stirring up the crowds.

14 Then the brothers ⁷immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and ⁸Timothy remained there.

15 ⁹Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as ¹⁰Athens, and after receiving a command ¹¹for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

Paul in Athens

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was ¹²provoked within him as he saw that the city was ¹³full of idols.

17 So ¹⁴he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, ¹⁵"What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"--because ¹⁶he was preaching ¹⁷Jesus and the resurrection.

19 And they took him and brought him to ¹⁸the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this ¹⁹new teaching is that you are presenting?

20 For you bring some ²⁰strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean."