Acts 17:18-21 Also certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers approached him for discussion. Some asked, "What will this know-it-all have to say?" Others said, “He seems to be advocating a belief in some different gods." They said this because he was proclaiming Jesus and the resurrection of the dead.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ Also certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers approached him for discussion. Some asked, "What will this know-it-all have to say?" Others said, “He seems to be advocating [a belief in] some different gods." [They said this] because he was proclaiming Jesus and the resurrection [of the dead]. ¹⁹ So, they led him to the Areopagus [i.e., an elevated assembly place called "the Hill of Mars"] and asked him, "Could we learn [more] about this new teaching you are speaking of? ²⁰ You are telling us some very unusual things and we would like to know what they mean." ²¹ (Now the local people of Athens, along with foreigners who lived there, spent [about] all their time telling about or listening to some new idea.)