Analysis of Paul’s Adapting to the Athenian Audience
Paul originally was supposed to wait for Timothy and Silas, but Paul was upset at the state of the city being full of idols. Paul addressed the people in Athens with his message. I believe Paul was wise because he used many methods to adapt his message at Athens.
Paul was agitated by the sight of the city being full of idols, so he spoke with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks. A group of philosophers not understand his message and wondered what he was speaking about and debated him. I think the people were not familiar with a person going around talking about Jesus and his resurrection. Moreover, Paul was invited to come to the meeting of Areopagus. It is common for people when they hear new information or information that they do not agree to question the speaker’s authority. And in this case, I believe that is how Paul was treated by the philosophers and …show more content…
He also warned that God was no longer going to tolerate the ignorance and they must repent because God has a day of judgment for them. This was powerful words that grabbed the attention of the people that were before Paul. I believe he felt it was time to let them know exactly what God wanted from the people and that they must repent before the wrath of God be released.
Paul used many concepts that I found located in my textbook to adapt his message at Athens. He used the method of observation discussed in our textbook that watching reveals the most about audience (Nelson, Titsworth & Pearson, 2013, p.72). And that is exactly what Paul did. He observed how the people served idol gods, and seen the gold, silver, and stone that they worshiped. So taking that into account Paul used their history of their culture to connect with the people so that they would hear him. It indeed worked because he was asked back to further explain the message in his
Paul originally was supposed to wait for Timothy and Silas, but Paul was upset at the state of the city being full of idols. Paul addressed the people in Athens with his message. I believe Paul was wise because he used many methods to adapt his message at Athens.
Paul was agitated by the sight of the city being full of idols, so he spoke with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks. A group of philosophers not understand his message and wondered what he was speaking about and debated him. I think the people were not familiar with a person going around talking about Jesus and his resurrection. Moreover, Paul was invited to come to the meeting of Areopagus. It is common for people when they hear new information or information that they do not agree to question the speaker’s authority. And in this case, I believe that is how Paul was treated by the philosophers and …show more content…
He also warned that God was no longer going to tolerate the ignorance and they must repent because God has a day of judgment for them. This was powerful words that grabbed the attention of the people that were before Paul. I believe he felt it was time to let them know exactly what God wanted from the people and that they must repent before the wrath of God be released.
Paul used many concepts that I found located in my textbook to adapt his message at Athens. He used the method of observation discussed in our textbook that watching reveals the most about audience (Nelson, Titsworth & Pearson, 2013, p.72). And that is exactly what Paul did. He observed how the people served idol gods, and seen the gold, silver, and stone that they worshiped. So taking that into account Paul used their history of their culture to connect with the people so that they would hear him. It indeed worked because he was asked back to further explain the message in his