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Acts 17:22

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Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, "You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

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Paul traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Macedonian stops on the Roman road, to Thessalonica and Berea before arriving in Athens. In Athens, at the Areopagus, a civic and religious meeting place, he addressed its pagan thinkers by proclaiming the one Creator God and the risen Christ.

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Acts 17:22 mentions Amphipolis, Apollonia, Areopagus, Athens, Berea and Thessalonica.

Amphipolis · Aurilios
Apollonia · Schuppi
Areopagus · ajbear
Athens · George E. Koronaios

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