Bible Location
Meaning: the hill of Mars · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
The Areopagus is the rocky hill and judicial setting in Athens associated with formal discussion and civic oversight. It is important because Paul delivered one of his most famous addresses there to a pagan intellectual audience. First appears in Acts 17:19.1
AI summary: The Areopagus matters because it is one of the New Testament's clearest settings for direct engagement between the gospel and classical thought. Paul's speech there addresses idolatry, creation, repentance, and resurrection in terms fitted to an Athenian audience without surrendering the core of the message. The cross references present the Areopagus as a place of public reasoning, philosophical encounter, and Christian proclamation in the heart of Greek culture.1
The Areopagus or rocky hill in Athens, north-west of the Acropolis, where the Athenian supreme tribunal and court of morals was held. From some part of this hill Paul delivered the address recorded in Acts 17:22-31. (See AREOPAGUS.) 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.