The Unknown God Made Known – Paul at the Areopagus

In Acts 17:16-31 we find Paul in Athens waiting for the arrival of Silas and Timothy from Thessalonica.  Paul spends his time in Athens well.   He goes into the synagogues to proclaim Christ to the Jews and into the marketplace each day to proclaim Christ to the Gentiles.  Paul’s single-minded purpose is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people – so that all people, both Jews and Gentiles, may be incorporated into the Church.

The text says that some of the Greek Epicurean and Stoi...