Acts 17:17-23

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁷ So he was reasoning ^(A)in the synagogue with the Jews and ^(B)the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present. ¹⁸ And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were ^[a]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would ^(C)this ^[b]idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching ^(D)Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹ And they ^(E)took him and brought him ^[c]to the ^[d](F)Areopagus, saying, “May we know what ^(G)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 ^(H)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 ^(I)Athens, I observe that you are very ^(J)religious in all respects. ²³ For while I was passing through and examining the ^(K)objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what ^(L)you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.