Paul in Athens While Paul was waiting for you all [them] in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city. He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily …
Paul's Speech To The Areopagus Gems
I took 14 Gems to analyse the details of what Paul had to say to the Areopagus in Athens using Propositional Analysis. You may find the use of Propositional analysis a little hard to understand but bear with me. It is a wonderful tool to help you understand the way the propositions (ideas) in the speech hang together and relate to one another. It is well worth the effort to take time to understand how propositional analysis works.
There are some deep concepts hidden in this series of Gems. It would be worth reading these Gems through a number of times as well as paying attention to how I have laid out the text in propositions. Connecting the ideas Paul had to say together in the way he meant them will add volumes to your understanding of what he told the members of the Areopagus.
Bible Gem 1719 – Paul’s Speech to the Areopagus (Acts 17:22-31)
Paul’s Speech to the Areopagus So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had …
Bible Gem 1720 – An Overview of Paul’s Speech and Some Answers to Your Suggestions (Acts 17:22-31)
Paul’s Speech to the Areopagus So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had …
Bible Gem 1721 – Paul’s Speech Laid Out in Propositions (Acts 17:22-31)
Paul’s Speech to the Areopagus laid out in Propositions I have laid Paul’s speech out in propositions, using a technique called Propositional Analysis. I first used this in the Bible Gems when I was analysing Paul’s One Greek Sentence Prayer (Ephesians 1:3-14) Bible Gem 603 …
Bible Gem 1722 – The Heart of Paul’s Argument (Acts 17:22-31)
Notice how Paul has layered his argument. The crux of his argument is held in the relative clauses or stems which come back to This God who is Unknown to you. Paul has skilfully shown that in their zeal for the gods they acknowledge themselves …
Bible Gem 1723 – Paul Tells the Areopagus about the God They Worship But Don’t Know (Acts 17:22-31)
Now we will pay careful attention to the words Luke records for us here. But before we start, ask yourself the question where did the words of the speech come from. Luke wasn’t there to record them, besides that he didn’t have a recorder. We …
Bible Gem 1724 – He Who Made the Cosmos and Everything in it (Acts 17:23-25)
This Unknown God you worship but don’t know His name or nature, this God made the [kosmos]. The majority of translations opt for “world”. The statement “God made the world” would make most of us think of the earth, the globe on which we live: …
Bible Gem 1725 – Man-made vs God-made (Acts 17:24-28)
• – – – – He is the God • – – – – – who made the world and everything in it. • – – – – – Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, • – – – – – – he …
Bible Gem 1726 – One Nation – All Men – One Difficult Passage (Acts 17:26-28)
(ASV) and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; (BBE) And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on …
Bible Gem 1727 – Blood or No Blood? Dust or Blood? Those are the Questions (Acts 17:26)
No Blood (CEV) From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be. (ERV) God began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the …