Acts 17:18-20 Then certain philosophers, both Epicureans and Stoics, encountered him. Some said, “What might this idea-scavenger want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ Then certain philosophers, both Epicureans and Stoics, encountered him. Some said, “What might this idea-scavenger want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹ So taking him in tow they led him to the Areopagus and said: “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? ²⁰ Because you are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they might mean.”