The location of an Athenian court, traditionally associated with a rocky hill close to the Acropolis, though probably located in the marketplace at the foot of the hill; literally "hill of Mars."
About Areopagus
A hill in Athens, Greece. It is northwest of the Acropolis and overlooks the marketplace (Acts 17:19). “Areopagus” also refers to the Athenian council or court that met there. The irregular limestone outcropping was also known as Mars Hill. Mars was the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Ares.
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers brought Paul the Apostle before the council at the Areopagus. Paul had been reasoning with Jews and God-fearing gentiles in the Athenian synagogue and marketplace (agora) for several days (Acts 17:16–21).
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So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
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So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
At that, Paul left the Areopagus.
But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.