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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32501" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32501" /> == | ||
Acts 17:22-31[[Areopagus]] | Acts 17:22-31[[Areopagus]] | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42102" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42102" /> == | ||
Acts 17:22[[Greece]] | Acts 17:22[[Greece]] | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_49754" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_49754" /> == | ||
<p> (῎Αρειος | <p> ( '''''῎Αρειος''''' '''''Πάγος''''' '', Collis Kartius,'' Acts 17:22, the ''Areopagus,'' as in Acts 17:19; so called, according to Pausan. 1:28, 5, from the fact that [[Mars]] was first judged there), a limestone hill in Athens, northwest of the Acropolis (Herod. 8:52), and considerably lower (Pococke, East, iii, tab. 65), where (even down to the time of the Roman emperors, Gell. 12:7) the most ancient and boasted [[Athenian]] supreme tribunal (Tacitus, Annal. 2:55) and court of morals (AEschyl. Eumen. 701; Senec. Tranq. 3; Val. Max. 2:6,4), composed of the mest honorable and upright citizens (Athen. vi, p. 251), and held in the highest regard not only throughout Greece, but even among foreigners (comp. Wetstein, 2:565), had its sessions, to discuss cases of civil and criminal offenses, originally according to the sole law of its own discretion (comp. Aristot. Polit. 2:10; v. 12; Macrob. Saturn. 7:1, p. 204; Quintil. Institut. v. 9; EAlian, V. I. v. 15). After having continued for many centuries in full authority, it fell under some restrictions in the times of the New Test.; but the date of its extinction is unknown. (See Pauly, Real- Encyklop. 1:700 sq.; Doderlein, in the Hall. Encyklop. v. 193 sq.; also Meursii Areopagus, Ludg. Bat. 1624; Bockh, De Areopago, Berol. 1826.) From some part of that hill, but not before the judges (for there is no trace of a regular judicial procedure in the entire narrative), Paul delivered his famous address ( Acts 17:19 sq.) to his hearers upon the steps and in the valley (comp. Robinson, ''Researches,'' 1:10 sq.). (See Areopagus). </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16184" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16184" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:35, 15 October 2021
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Acts 17:22-31Areopagus
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Acts 17:22Greece
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( ῎Αρειος Πάγος , Collis Kartius, Acts 17:22, the Areopagus, as in Acts 17:19; so called, according to Pausan. 1:28, 5, from the fact that Mars was first judged there), a limestone hill in Athens, northwest of the Acropolis (Herod. 8:52), and considerably lower (Pococke, East, iii, tab. 65), where (even down to the time of the Roman emperors, Gell. 12:7) the most ancient and boasted Athenian supreme tribunal (Tacitus, Annal. 2:55) and court of morals (AEschyl. Eumen. 701; Senec. Tranq. 3; Val. Max. 2:6,4), composed of the mest honorable and upright citizens (Athen. vi, p. 251), and held in the highest regard not only throughout Greece, but even among foreigners (comp. Wetstein, 2:565), had its sessions, to discuss cases of civil and criminal offenses, originally according to the sole law of its own discretion (comp. Aristot. Polit. 2:10; v. 12; Macrob. Saturn. 7:1, p. 204; Quintil. Institut. v. 9; EAlian, V. I. v. 15). After having continued for many centuries in full authority, it fell under some restrictions in the times of the New Test.; but the date of its extinction is unknown. (See Pauly, Real- Encyklop. 1:700 sq.; Doderlein, in the Hall. Encyklop. v. 193 sq.; also Meursii Areopagus, Ludg. Bat. 1624; Bockh, De Areopago, Berol. 1826.) From some part of that hill, but not before the judges (for there is no trace of a regular judicial procedure in the entire narrative), Paul delivered his famous address ( Acts 17:19 sq.) to his hearers upon the steps and in the valley (comp. Robinson, Researches, 1:10 sq.). (See Areopagus).
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [4]
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