Kisah Para Rasul 17:19
Konteks17:19 So they took Paul and 1 brought him to the Areopagus, 2 saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
Kisah Para Rasul 18:12
Konteks18:12 Now while Gallio 3 was proconsul 4 of Achaia, 5 the Jews attacked Paul together 6 and brought him before the judgment seat, 7
[17:19] 1 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[17:19] 2 tn Or “to the council of the Areopagus.” See also the term in v. 22.
[17:19] sn The Areopagus has been traditionally understood as reference to a rocky hill near the Acropolis in Athens, although this place may well have been located in the marketplace at the foot of the hill (L&N 93.412; BDAG 129 s.v. ῎Αρειος πάγος). This term does not refer so much to the place, however, as to the advisory council of Athens known as the Areopagus, which dealt with ethical, cultural, and religious matters, including the supervision of education and controlling the many visiting lecturers. Thus it could be translated the council of the Areopagus. See also the term in v. 22.
[18:12] 3 sn Gallio was proconsul of Achaia from
[18:12] 4 sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.
[18:12] 5 sn Achaia was a Roman province created in 146
[18:12] 6 tn Grk “with one accord.”
[18:12] 7 tn Although BDAG 175 s.v. βῆμα 3 gives the meaning “tribunal” for this verse and a number of modern translations use similar terms (“court,” NIV; “tribunal,” NRSV), there is no need for an alternative translation here since the bema was a standard feature in Greco-Roman cities of the time.
[18:12] sn The judgment seat (βῆμα, bhma) was a raised platform mounted by steps and sometimes furnished with a seat, used by officials in addressing an assembly or making pronouncements, often on judicial matters. The judgment seat was a familiar item in Greco-Roman culture, often located in the agora, the public square or marketplace in the center of a city. So this was a very public event.