UHỌNMHỌN-ỌTA 18

“Guanọ Osẹnobulua,” Uwẹ “Dẹ Sabọ Miẹn Ọlẹn”

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Pọl da fi uwedẹ nin ọle rẹ ha tẹmhọn Osẹnobulua denọ, yẹ noo emhin nin ene ẹbho lẹn rẹ man ele emhin

1-3. (a) Bezẹle nin ẹkẹ da ha khọ Pọl ẹghe nin ọle rẹ sẹbhi Atẹns? (b) Be imhan ha miẹn luẹ sade mhan zilo nyan ijiẹmhin esili nin Pọl rẹman?

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Ọle Da Ha Man Emhin “Bhi Eji A Da Do Ẹki” (Acts 17:16-21)

4, 5. Ijela Pọl da tẹmhọn Osẹnobulua bhi Atẹns? Unan ẹbho nela ribhi enin?

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ATHENS—CULTURAL CAPITAL OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

The Acropolis of Athens was a strongly fortified citadel well before the city’s history began to be recorded in the seventh century B.C.E. Athens became the chief city of the district of Attica and dominated an area of some 1,000 square miles (2,500 sq km), bounded by mountains and sea. The city’s name seems to be related to that of its patron goddess, Athena.

In the sixth century B.C.E., an Athenian legislator named Solon reformed the social, political, juridical, and economic structures of the city. He improved the lot of the poor and laid the basis for a democratic form of government. It was a democracy only for the free, however, and a large part of the city’s population was made up of slaves.

Following Greek victories over the Persians in the fifth century B.C.E., Athens became the capital of a small empire that extended its maritime trade from Italy and Sicily in the west to Cyprus and Syria in the east. At the height of its splendor, Athens was the cultural center of the ancient world, excelling in art, drama, philosophy, rhetoric, and science. Many public buildings and temples adorned the city. Its skyline was dominated by the Acropolis, a commanding hill on which stood the Parthenon and its 40-foot (12 m) gold and ivory statue of Athena.

Athens was conquered first by the Spartans, then by the Macedonians, and finally by the Romans, who stripped the city of its wealth. Even so, in the time of the apostle Paul, Athens still enjoyed a privileged status because of its illustrious past. In fact, the city was never incorporated into any Roman province but was granted juridical authority over its own citizens and exemption from Roman taxes. Though its greatest glories were gone, Athens remained a university city, where the sons of the wealthy were sent to study.

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6, 7. Ẹlo nela ibhokhan Grik eso rẹ ha ghe emhin nin Pọl ha man? Be ẹbho eso rẹ ghe iwẹnna itẹmhọn Osẹnobulua nin mhan lu yẹ ẹlẹnan?

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8. (a) Be ẹbho ne họn ẹmhọn Osẹnobulua nin Pọl ha ta lu yẹ? (b) Be a re ọle ta ghe a re Pọl diọbhi Eriọpagọs? (Fẹ ebi a gbẹn ba ọle nọn ribhi apapale 142.)

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EPICUREANS AND STOICS

The Epicureans and Stoics were followers of two separate schools of philosophy. Neither believed in a resurrection.

The Epicureans believed in the existence of gods but thought that the gods had no interest in men and would neither reward nor punish them, so prayer or sacrifice was useless. Epicureans held pleasure to be the supreme good in life. Their thinking and actions were devoid of moral principle. Moderation was urged, however, on the grounds that it prevented the negative consequences of overindulgence. Knowledge was sought only to rid a person of religious fears and superstition.

The Stoics, on the other hand, believed that all things were part of an impersonal deity and that the human soul emanated from such a source. Some Stoics held that the soul would eventually be destroyed along with the universe. Other Stoics believed that the soul would ultimately be reabsorbed by this deity. According to Stoic philosophers, happiness was to be obtained by following nature.

“Ibhokhan Atẹns, Mẹn Daghe Ọle” (Acts 17:22, 23)

9-11. (a) Ẹmhin ọhẹnhẹn nela Pọl tẹmhọn ọlẹn ẹghe nin ọle rẹ ha tẹmhọn Osẹnobulua? (b) Be imhan ha rẹ re egbe khọkhọ Pọl yẹ bhi ijiẹmhin esili nin ọle rẹ man sade mhan tẹmhọn Osẹnobulua?

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Seek to establish common ground on which to build

Osẹnobulua “Bha Ree Bhi Eji Ọdeọde Bhi Ẹwẹ Mhan Ye” (Acts 17:24-28)

12. Be Pọl rẹ fi uwedẹ nin ọle rẹ tẹmhọn Osẹnobulua denọ yẹ nin ebe ọle ta da sabọ sẹ ẹbho ọkhọle?

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13. Be Pọl tayẹ rẹji uwedẹ nin ọne agbọn nan rẹ munhẹn? Be ọle rẹ ọle rẹman?

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14. Be Pọl rẹ rẹman yẹ ghe ọ iyi urẹkpa ọsi eria Osẹnobulua guanọ?

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15. Be Pọl rẹ ne ibhokhan Atẹns talọ yẹ, ẹghe nin ele rẹ yọle ghe ele mhẹn nẹ ẹbho ne iyi ibhokhan Grik? Be imhan ha sabọ miẹn luẹ bhi uwedẹ nin Pọl rẹ nin ele talọ?

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16. Be hi emhanmhan ọsi Osẹnobulua rẹji eria?

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17, 18. Bezẹle nin eria ha da sabọ sikẹ Osẹnobulua? Be imhan ha sabọ miẹn luẹ bhi uwedẹ nin Pọl rẹ ne ene ẹbho zilọ?

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