'Paul’s Rhetoric at Mars Hill\r'

'Verses 16 and 17 of the expiration that the speaker here is the Apostle Paul. He had been caught in this blandishment with some Jews and devout persons whose background the Bible is reticent and provides no elaboration [Verse 17]. According to Verse 18, thither were also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. plot of ground the Jews follow Judaism as their religion and uphold spirit in a coming Messiah, their religion traditionally emphasizes ethical conduct and the treatment of others as wiz would for ones self.Jewish law is based on the Torah, which essentially s the Five Books of Moses. On the contrary, the Epicureans were rivaled by the Stoics. The Stoics upheld a school of thought that life was about living in accord with Nature. They encouraged self- control and saw courage as a means of monopolizing harmful emotions. Again, while the Jewish religion has thrived over the years, the Epicurean and Stoic philosophies weakened out near the Third Century. It was wealth th ese deleting sacred and philosophical backgrounds that the Apostle Paul had to address his audiences.Theirs was both a religious and non-Jew culture which one could range more as a Gentile environs that knew nothing about the new faith the Apostle was severe to portray. Hence, his attempt to present what he believed in was met with hostility. To them it was a new teaching that they considered strange ideas as say in Verse 18. It is obvious that, although a heathen society, it was equally religious as would be engraft in every human society. They knew about gods. In Verse 18, it is reported that, some of the mess confronting the Apostle give tongue to that he seemed to be advocating foreign gods.Paul was definitely awake(predicate) of their false religious beliefs. He capitalized on this when he addressed them. For when he was brought before the Reappears he told the people of Athens that he could see that they were very religious. He mentioned in Verses 23, 24 that as he w alked around and looked carefully at their objects of worship, he even base an altar with the inscription. That to the Apostle meant that they were not ignorant of the very things they worshipped. Cleverly, he informed them that it was exactly what he was going to advertise to them.Having opened up like this, it was apparent that the Apostle caught their precaution and then charged on with his presentation of the Gospel. Essentially, the Apostle treasured to let them know that there was no look forward to of salvation for them In the gods In whom they had chosen to repose their trust. Those were Just false gods that had no power to yield them. In the end, the Apostles persuasion became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysus, a member of the Reappears, also a woman named Dammars, and a number of others.\r\n'