13. But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.
14. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
15. Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
16. Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was 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 happened to be there.
18. Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.