I wonder if the men who escorted Paul to Athens parted with the words, “try to stay out of trouble”. I know I’ve heard those words plenty of times, usually immediately before I find some form of trouble. You could’ve forgiven Paul for laying low in Athens, having had to leave Thessalonica and Berea because of opposition, but as we’ve already seen in this study, Paul did anything but. It wasn’t long before he’d come to the attention of the intellectual elites within the city and was being questioned about this good news that he preached. Then they took him and brought him...
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