Paul’s second apostolic journey brings him to Athens, the intellectual center of the Greek world at that time. While there, he engages in dialogue in the synagogue with Jews and Gentiles about Christ, and also in the marketplace, where he interacts with everyday Athenians and also two groups of philosophers, who bring the apostle to Mars’ Hill to explain his “strange” teaching of Christ and the resurrection to the city’s main Council. We see in this episode that Paul’s purpose in his message that day was to convict the idol-worshipping Athenians of their accountability to the one true God.