After Paul's enemies follow his team to Berea, he escapes to Athens and waits for Silas and Timothy to come. While there, "his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols." As usual, he reasons with his fellow Jews and devout persons in the synagogue, but he also ventures out into the marketplace every day and speaks to people there. He encounters the philosophers, and they invite him to present his argument. His speech goes well, even quoting some of their writings until he proclaims Jesus's resurrection, producing some mocking. But their interest is piqued, and some of them actually join him.
