Apollonia
Acts 17:1
St. Paul and Silas passed through the small village of Apollonia
on their way to Thessalonica, and may have lodged there. There is no
evidence from Scripture that they preached or ministered there, as
they seemed intent on moving directly to Thessalonica.
The village of Apollonia in Macedonia was located along the Via
Egnatia some thirty
miles
west (44 km.) of Amphipolis between the Strymon and the Axius (Vardar)
Rivers. The village is recalled in a modern city by the same name
today, though archaeologists doubt the location is exact. The wooded
region is beautiful, filled with a variety of lakes and riverbeds,
an ideal place to restock supplies on a journey.
The name Apollonia was used of many ancient cities and villages.
Apollonia of Illyria was perhaps the best known at that time, but
not as a city visited by St. Paul and Silas on the recorded journeys
in Acts.
PLACE
REFERENCE
Amphipolis
Acts 17:1
Apollonia
Acts 17:1
Athens
Acts 17:15-16, 22; 18:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:1
Berea
Acts 17:10, 13: 20:4
Cenchrea
Acts 18:18, Romans 16:1
Coos (Kos)
Acts 21:1
Corinth
Acts 18:1; 19:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1, 23; 2 Timothy
4:20
Cyprus
Acts 4:38; 11:19,20; 13:4; 15:39; 21:3,16; 27:4
Neapolis (Kavala) Acts 16:11
Patmos
Rev 1:9
Philippi Matthew 16:13; Mark 8:27; Acts 16:12, 22;
20:6; Philippians 1-4; 1 Thessalonians 2:2
Rhodes
Act 21:1
Thessalonica Acts
17:1. 11. 13; 27:2; Philippians 4:16: 1 and 2 Thessalonians; 2
Timothy 4:10