Acts: A New Covenant Commentary, Part I and II (Biblia.com)

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This book is one of the many commentaries on the book of Acts. In other words, it does not deal with a unique topic but one that borders on banality, yet of utmost importance. Without doubt, it will suffice its role of moving one step closer to a complete understanding of the complex picture that Luke drew. This commentary has been written by two Asian scholars with different theological...

council in order to learn about these unknown gods. As Winter argues, “Acts 17:18–20 is to be connected with the role of the Areopagus in examining the claim for introducing new deities into Athens.”54 Without question, the Athenians tried to satisfy their philosophers’ instincts by staging Paul at the Areopagus council, “the predominant corporation of Roman Athens.”55 The council members were called “Areopagites,” such as Dionysius (Acts 17:34), and the council was composed

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