So they took him and brought him to the Areopagus and asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
The sentinel says: “Morning comes and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.”
and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the gentiles.
They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
It sounds rather strange to us, so we would like to know what it means.”
Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely spiritual you are in every way.
But some of them joined him and became believers, including Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
The tribune took him by the hand, drew him aside privately, and asked, “What is it that you have to report to me?”
Some days later when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak concerning faith in Christ Jesus.
Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you will hear him.”
Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began to defend himself: