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er Hebrus (Maritza), one of the main military and commercial highways of the empire: it lay between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, a day's journey (Livy xlv.28) or about 30 Roman miles from the former and 38 from the latte…
Where is Apollonia in the Bible?
Apollonia was a city in ancient Macedonia located in northern Greece, situated on the Via Egnatia, a major Roman military and commercial highway. The city lay between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, approximately 30 miles from each, and served as an important waypoint in the region. In the New Testament, Apollonia appears in Acts as a place Paul and Silas passed through on their missionary journey from Philippi to Thessalonica, though Scripture does not record any specific ministry or events occurring there. The town's significance in the biblical narrative lies primarily in its role as part of Paul's second missionary journey through Macedonia, marking the apostle's spread of the Gospel into Europe.
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Apollonia
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)er Hebrus (Maritza), one of the main military and commercial highways of the empire: it lay between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, a day's journey (Livy xlv.28) or about 30 Roman miles from the former and 38 from the latter. The foundation of the town may perhaps be attributed to about 432 BC; in any case, coins are extant which attest its existence in the 4th century BC (Head, Historia Numorum, 181). Paul and Silas passed through the town on their journey from Philippi to Thessalonica, but do not appear to have stayed there (Ac 17:1). The name seems to have survived in the modern Pollina (Leake, Northern Greece, III, 458; Cousinery, Voyage dans la Macedoine, I, 115).
Marcus N. Tod
ap-o-lo'-ni-us (Apollonios): A common name among the Syro-Macedonians. Prideaux (Connexion) interrupts his narrative of the year 148 BC to give an account of the different persons who bore this name
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