Stood in the midst of the Areopagus (σταθεις εν μεσω του Αρειου Παγου). First aorist passive of ιστημ used of Peter in 2:14. Majes…

Then Paul. This commences Paul's explanation of the doctrines he had stated. It is evident that Luke has recorded only a summary or outlin…

Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill.—More accurately, Areopagus, as noted previously. The Court sat in the open air on …

Paul does not begin his address by referring to Jewish history or by quoting the Jewish Scriptures, as he did in the synagogue of Pisidian Antioch …

Men of Athens. We may divide this sermon of Paul into five parts. For though Luke only briefly touches upon those things which he recorded…

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill
Or of Areopagus, as it is better rendered in (Acts 17:19) for…

Here we have a sermon addre ed to heathens, who worshipped false gods and were without the true God in the world. For them, the scope of the discou…