So they laid hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “Are we able to know what this fresh teaching is of which you speak?
The watchman said, “Morning came, and also the night. If you inquire, inquire. Come again!”
“And you shall be brought before governors and sovereigns for My sake, as a witness to them and to the gentiles.
And they were all so amazed, as to reason among themselves, saying, “What is this, a fresh teaching? With authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”
“A renewed command I give to you, that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
“For you are bringing some strange matters to our ears. We wish, then, to know what these mean.”
And having stood in the midst of the Areopagus Sha’ul said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every matter.
But some men joined him and believed, among them Dionusios the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
And the commander, having taken him by the hand, went aside by themselves and asked, “What is it that you have to report to me?”
And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a female Yehuḏ
And Agrippa said to Festus, “I was wishing also to hear the man myself.” And he said, “Tomorrow, you shall hear him.”
And Agrippa said to Sha’ul, “You are allowed to speak for yourself.” Then Sha’ul stretched out his hand and made his defence: