Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Acts 17:1
Paul at Athens
SUMMARY OF ACTS 17: The Journey to Thessalonica. Labors in the
Synagogue. A Church Planted. The Jews Stir Up Persecution.
Departure to Berea. Journey to Athens. The City Full of Idols.
Paul's Evangelistic Labors. Taken to the Areopagus. His Address to
the Athenians. The Diverse Results: Some Mock; Some Propose to Hear
Again;. Some Are Converted.
Passed through Amphipolis . . . came to Thessalonica. They traveled
along the great Roman military road, which passed through Macedonia and
Greece to Dyrrachium on the Adriatic Sea, and then beginning on the
other side at Brundisium, extended to Rome. Amphipolis was about thirty
miles, a day's journey, southwest of Philippi; Apollonia about the same
distance farther on, and Thessalonica about twenty-eight miles west of
Apollonia. Thessalonica was a rich commercial city, the seat of the
Roman governor of Macedonia, and is still a city of about 70,000
population, of whom one-third are Jews. Its excellent harbor makes it a
coveted object of Austrian diplomacy in the Balkan provinces.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 17:1
Philippians 4:16
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