# Epicurean and Stoic philosophers

"thinkers called Epicureans and Stoics" 

# encountered him

"happened upon him"

# Some said

"Some of the philosophers said"

# What is this babbler

The word "babbler" was used to refer to birds picking up seeds as food. It refers negatively to a person who only knows a little bit of information. The philosophers said Paul had bits of information which were not worth listening to. Alternate translation: "What is this uneducated person" 

# Others said

"Other philosophers said"

# He seems to be one who calls people to follow

"He seems to be a proclaimer" or "He seems to be on a mission to add people to his philosophy"

# strange gods

This is not in the sense of "odd," but in the sense of "foreign," that is, gods that Greeks and Romans do not worship or know about.