Acts 17:16-21

Tree of Life Version

An Unknown God in Athens

¹⁶ Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was aroused within him when he saw that the city was full of idols. ¹⁷ So he was debating in the synagogue with the Jewish people and the God-fearers, as well as in the marketplace every day with all who happened to be there. ¹⁸ Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What’s this babbler trying to say?” while others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was proclaiming the Good News of Yeshua and the resurrection. ¹⁹ So they took Paul to the Aereopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are talking about? 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 foreigners visiting there used to pass their time doing nothing but telling or hearing something new.