Act Acts, chapter Acts of the Apostles, chapter 17
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also argued with him. “What is he going on about?”17:18. Literally, “What is this seed-collector trying to say?” “Seed-collector” referred to chattering birds picking up seeds in the marketplace; otherwise translated “babbler.” they wondered. Others concluded, “He seems to be teaching about some foreign gods,” because he was speaking about Jesus and the resurrection. So they took him to the Areopagus17:19. A kind of discussion forum of philosophers., and asked him, “Please tell us about this new teaching that you're promoting. We're hearing from you things that sound odd to us, so we'd like to know what they mean.” (All the Athenians, including foreigners who lived there, spent their whole time doing nothing except explaining or listening to something new.)