Acts 17:17
Acts 17:1717So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.
The Watchtower rarely engages directly, because the verse exposes Paul's actual evangelistic method as public rather than house-to-house. JW literature cites and as proof of first-century door-to-door ministry; contradicts that picture and is passed over.
Read the verse in your friend's NWT: Paul "reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the other people who worshipped God, and every day in the marketplace with those who happened to be on hand." Two venues, both public — the synagogue for devout worshippers, the marketplace (agora) for anyone passing through. Neither resembles canvassing unknown homes in a residential street. Paul addresses seekers where seekers already gather. At the door, pair this with , , and — four consecutive chapters showing synagogue, marketplace, and lecture hall as Paul's actual method. Door-to-door is a twentieth-century organisational requirement, not a first-century apostolic pattern.