15 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also{TR omits 'also'} were conversing with him. Some said, 'What does this babbler want to say?' Others said, 'He seems to be advocating foreign deities,' because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
19 They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, 'May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?
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