Athens

On Sunday we walked around Athens. In Athens there is one significant place in Athens in relation to Paul’s life and journey. Paul visited Athens one time. When he arrived Paul noticed many idols and false gods. This upset Paul, and he began to preach the good news. This got Paul into trouble and charges were brought against him. When Paul spoke not only did he defend himself but brought the first convert in Athens. We stood in this place.

Just up the hill is the Parthenon. Now I’ll be honest, it was underwhelming. Mainly because I was forbidden to touch it. (Don’t tell anyone, but I touched it anyway. Shhh.) Don’t get me wrong it is an amazing sight to see, but it was quite the hike to get there.

The last place we visited was the ruins of the Greek agora and stoa. This is a place, that while scripture does not explicitly say it, that Paul would have visited. Walking among the ruins and a reconstruction of the stoa we found several busts that I was drawn to. These were wonderfully preserved and the detail was incredible.

In all it was a good day, and the bucket list item of touching the Parthenon was checked off.

Next post we will predict the future.