19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
19 And having taken hold on him they brought [him] to AreopagusD7873, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?
Areopagus - i.e. 'the hill of Mars.' The tribunal which watched over the morals of the Athenians, and saw that due honour was paid to the gods, held its sessions on Areopagus and was so designated. The word here may therefore refer either to the place, or to the tribunal which met there.
19 And they took him, and brought him unto AreopagusK6779, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]?
Areopagus: Or, Mars hill. It was the highest court in Athens.
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