Acts 17:18-22

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸ And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers as well were ^[a]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What could ^(A)this ^[b]scavenger of tidbits want to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching ^(B)Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹ And they ^(C)took him and brought him ^[c]to the ^[d](D)Areopagus, saying, “May we know what ^(E)this new teaching is ^[e]which you are proclaiming? ²⁰ For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.” ²¹ (Now all the Athenians and the strangers ^(F)visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

Sermon on Mars Hill

²² So Paul stood in the midst of the ^[f]Areopagus and said, “Men of ^(G)Athens, I see that you are very ^(H)religious in all respects.