Acts 17:16-18

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¹⁶ So Paul waited in Athens. While he was there, his spirit was stirred up as he saw the whole city absolutely full of idols. ¹⁷ He argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the godfearers, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. ¹⁸ Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were disputing with him.

“What can this word-scatterer be on about?” some were saying.

“He seems to be proclaiming foreign divinities,” declared others—since he was preaching “Jesus and Anastasis.” (“Anastasis” means “resurrection.”)