Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

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.

Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.