Areopagus
Landmark
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.
Named in 3 verses
- Acts 17:19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
- Acts 17:22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
- Acts 17:34 But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.