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Now while Paul was waiting for them in ^(C1)Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he observed that the city was full of idols.

So he was reasoning ^(C1)in the synagogue with the Jews and ^(C2)the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present.

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers as well were ^(F1)conversing with him. Some were saying, "What could ^(C1)this ^(F2)scavenger of tidbits want to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,"—because he was preaching ^(C2)Jesus and the resurrection.

And they ^(C1)took him and brought him ^(F1)to the ^(F2)(C2)Areopagus, saying, "May we know what ^(C3)this new teaching is ^(F3)which you are proclaiming?

"For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean."

(Now all the Athenians and the strangers ^(C1)visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)