Act 17:18 | NASB | e4.org | And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying , “ What would this idle babbler wish to say ?” Others , “ He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities ,”— because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection .

‏ Acts 17:18

18 And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were ^{▼▼ Or disputing}conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would ^bthis ^{▼▼ I.e. one who makes his living by picking up scraps}idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching ^dJesus and the resurrection.