contrary to the sense of the text. Paul’s exhorting of the Thessalonians on an individual basis (v. 11) is also an activity that easily fits the setting of the workshop.160 Three passages in Acts are relevant. Paul’s missionary activity in Athens is described as follows: “He discoursed regularly [διελέγετο] in the synagogue to Jews and God-fearers and in the marketplace [ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ] every day to all who were there” (17:17). These marketplace conversations, which led eventually to Paul’s speech