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16 Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him [when he] observed the city was full of idols.
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While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.
17 So he was discussing in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing [Gentiles], and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
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So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.
18 And even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were saying, "What does this babbler want to say?" But [others said], "He appears to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was proclaiming the good news [about] Jesus and the resurrection.
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A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate 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 news about Jesus and the resurrection.
19 And they took hold of him [and] brought [him] to the Areopagus, saying, "May we learn what [is] this new teaching being proclaimed by you?
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Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
20 For you are bringing some astonishing things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what {these things mean}."
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You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”
21 (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who stayed there used to spend [their] time in nothing else than telling something or listening to something new.)
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(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
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