And they took hold of him (επιλαβομενο δε αυτου). Second aorist middle participle of επιλαμβανω, old verb, but in the N.T. only in…

And brought him unto Areopagus. A marginal note identifies it as Mars' hill. This was the place or court where the Areopagites, the celebr…

They took him, and brought him unto Areopagus.—The name can refer either to the Hill of Mars, simply as a locality, or to the Court…

The Areopagus (meaning “Council of Ares”; GK 740) reaches back to legendary antiquity. Presumably it first met at Athens on the Hill of Ares, north…

They brought him to Mars’ Street. Although this was a place appointed for judgment, Luke does not mean that Paul was brought before the se…

And they took him
Not that they laid hands on him, and carried him away by violence, as a derider of their gods, and…

Athens was then famed for refined learning, philosophy, and the fine arts; yet no one is more childish, superstitious, impious, or credulous than s…