For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Mientras caminaba observando todos los objetos de su adoración, encontré un altar con esta inscripción: 'AL DIOS NO CONOCIDO.' Ese Dios que ustedes adoran sin conocerlo, ese es precisamente el que yo les vengo a anunciar.
Pablo usa el altar al 'Dios no conocido' como punto de partida para presentar al verdadero Dios a los atenienses.
📚 Contexto Histórico
In the book of Acts, the Apostle Paul visited Athens, a city renowned for its philosophy and idolatry, where people worshiped many gods. While walking through the city, he observed various altars and specifically one inscribed "To the Unknown God," which indicated the Athenians' desire to acknowledge any deity they might have missed to avoid offending the gods. Paul seized this cultural element as a strategic way to introduce the one true God of the Bible during his speech at the Areopagus.
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