Areopagus
The Areopagus, a hill in Athens where Paul addressed the philosophers and preached about the unknown God.
The name Areopagus means “the hill of Mars”
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Summary
A location in Athens first mentioned at Acts 17:19; referred to as Areopagus (Ἄρειος Πάγος) or Areopagite (Ἀρεοπαγίτης).
Location
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 37.972° N, 23.724° E
Events
Dates are approximate
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- Ἄρειος ΠάγοςAreopagus
- ἈρεοπαγίτηςAreopagus
Mentions
- So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
- Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
- But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.