Verse 19
19. Took him Not violence, but guidance.
Areopagus Capriciously rendered by our translators Mars’ hill, in Acts 17:22. The term is compounded of Αρειον , belon g ing to Mars, and παγος , hill, and the place was so named because, according to mythology, on that height the god Mars, having slain the son of Neptune, pleaded his case before the twelve great gods. Here the most ancient and reverend court known in Greece, consisting of the weightiest characters of the state, held its solemn sessions by night alone. Among its duties was the sacred one of judging the lawfulness of any religious rite or dogma. Paul was not arraigned before the court, but only invited by Athenian curiosity to speak in the place. Yet certainly one of the Areopagite judges was present, and, perhaps, others, in their judicial seats.
May we know Literally, can we know, a most respectful form of request.
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