What is the big bronze plaque on Mars Hill in Athens dedicated to?
The big bronze plaque on Mars Hill in Athens is dedicated to the Apostle Paul, the one called a babbler. It does not commemorate Greek philosophers like Aristotle, Plato, or Homer, but instead honors Paul, who is still held in high esteem and reminds tourists of him.
Les explains that when he visited Athens with Merlin, Titibal, Nyrus, and others, they went up to Mars Hill. The first thing that struck him was that there is no big bronze plaque for Aristotle, Plato, or Homer. Instead, the plaque is dedicated to the Apostle Paul, the babbler. Les finds it amazing that Paul, called a babbler, is still held in high esteem, and tourists coming to Athens are constantly reminded of this man, not the philosophers of the Greeks.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.