Today is the last day of our Study Tour before we fly out for a break in Bangkok to recover!
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| Parthenon |
Fittingly it was the climax of the tour as we visited the Acropolis, the Areopagus and the marketplace where Paul spent many hours preaching the gospel.
The Acropolis contains the Parthenon, the Temple to Athena (Parthenon means virgin which apparently Athena was) and a Temple to Poseidon.
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| Parthenon | Temple to Poseidon |
It was amazing to stand on the Areopagus and realise that when Paul spoke about all the Temples he'd seen in Athens (Acts 17:22-23) he was able to point to the Acropolis just a short distance away where the major temples were or down to the marketplace where there were other temples..
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| Areopagus | Acropolis from Areopagus |
The restoration work here is extensive and ongoing, such a contrast to some of the places we visited where money has limited what could be done.
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