page_title: Acts 17
section_title: Addressing the Areopagus
hierarchical_section_title: Acts 17 / Addressing the Areopagus
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraved sermon of St. Paul on the Areopagus (Greek: Άρειος Πάγος) in Athens. His sermon, at the suggestion of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers who encountered him, was delivered in fall of A.D. 50,&#91;1&#93; or Feb/March 51.&#91;2&#93; The plaque cites Acts 17:22-32: So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. ...” ↑ F.F. Bruce, “Acts of the Apostles,” in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, (1979), s.v. ↑ H. Wayne House, Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981), 130.
context_page_description: Acts 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the second missionary journey of Paul, together with Silas and Timothy. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.
context_section_description: The speech, known as the Areopagus sermon, refers to a sermon or explanation delivered by Apostle Paul at the Areopagus in Athens, and described in Acts 17:16–34. The Areopagus sermon is the most dramatic and fullest reported speech of the missionary career of Saint Paul and followed a shorter address in Lystra Acts 14:15–17. Paul explained concepts such as the resurrection of the dead and salvation, in effect a prelude to the future discussions of Christology. According to the record, after the sermon, a number of people became followers of Paul. These included a woman named Damaris, and Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus. This latter has at times been suggested as Dionysius the Areopagite, but that may be a historical confusion.
caption: Engraved plaque containing Apostle Paul's sermon, at the Areopagus, Athens, Greece.
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