With so many temples, statues, and monuments amassed together, it is no wonder that the apostle Paul’s “spirit within him came to be irritated at beholding that the city was full of idols. ” What Paul observed when he entered the agora must have shocked him.
एक ही जगह में इतने सारे मंदिर, प्रतिमाएँ, व स्मारक होने की वज़ह से, इसमें कोई आश्‍चर्य नहीं कि “नगर को मूरतों से भरा हुआ देखकर [प्रेरित पौलुस] का जी जल गया । ”