What Does “Rhetoric” Mean in the Bible?
The art of speaking well in public in order to persuade. Saint Augustine taught it before his conversion.
A detail
- In the Bible: Paul spoke to the Athenians at the Areopagus, the place where they gathered to debate.
Where it appears in the Bible
Acts 17:22; Acts 17:18
What the Bible says
Acts 17:22
But Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.
Acts 17:18
And certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoics disputed with him; and some said: What is it, that this word sower would say? But others: He seemeth to be a setter forth of new gods; because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “rhetoric”