18 And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were [a]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would (A)this [b]idle babbler wish 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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:18 Or disputing
  2. Acts 17:18 I.e. one who makes his living by picking up scraps
  3. Acts 17:19 Or before
  4. Acts 17:19 Or Hill of Ares, god of war
  5. Acts 17:19 Lit which is being spoken by you