Places in Acts—Page 1, Achaia to Antioch
This page contains information about places mentioned in the book of Acts.
Achaia ,
Adramyttium ,
Adria ,
Alexandria ,
Amphipolis ,
Antioch Syria ,
Antioch Pisidia .
Achaia
Pronounced Uh-kay'-ya
Achaia was another name for Greece. It was the region south of Macedonia.
The major cities of Achaia were Athens and Corinth.
The whole world used Greek, the language of Achaia, as a common language.
The New Testament was written in the common Greek.
The Greek culture was so widespread that all Gentile persons were known as Greeks (Romans 1:16).
Paul preached extensively in Achaia/Greece during his 3rd missionary journey (Acts 19:21, 20:2-3).
Christians of Achaia helped other Christians in trouble (Romans 15:26, 2Corinthians 9:1-5).
Among the first converts of Achaia were Epenetus and the family of Stephanus (Romans 16:5, 1Corinthians 16:15).
Adramyttium
Pronounced Add-ruh-mit'-ee-um.
A coastal town of Asia.
Paul, on his way to Rome, first sailed on a ship whose home port was Addramyttium (Acts 27:2).
Adria
Pronounced Aid'-ree-uh.
This is the Adriatic Sea, which lies between Italy and Achaia.
Adria is mentioned in connection with Paul’s journey to Rome (Acts 27:27).
Alexandria
Alexandria was a coastal city and port of Egypt.
The greatest city of the world except for Rome.
Apollos was born there (Acts 18:24).
On his way to Rome, Paul sailed on ships that came from Alexandria (Acts 27:6, 28:11).
Men from this city disputed with Stephen (Acts 6:9).
Amphipolis
Pronounced Am-fip'-pol-iss
A Roman military station 50km southwest of Philippi.
Paul called there on his 2nd missionary journey (Acts 17:1).
Antioch Pisidia
Pronounced An'-tee-ock of Piss-id'-ee-ya.
Pisidian Antioch stood on a plateau 3,600 feet above sea level.
Mentioned in connection with Paul’s 1st missionary journey.
Paul and Barnabas had to climb a hard mountainous road to get there and preach in the synagogue (Acts 13:14-16).
Antioch Syria
Pronounced An'-tee-ock of See'-ree-ya.
Syrian Antioch was the world's third greatest city, bettered only by Rome and Alexandria.
Antioch stood 25km up river from its seaport Selucia, where the Crontes River entered the Great Sea.
Infamous for immorality in the form of lustful sports and pleasures.
A center fo the worship of Daphne, a godess whose priestesses were prostitutes.
Before continuing through the following points on Syrian Antioch, it would be helpful to read Acts 11:19-30 and mark the place.
When persecution in Jerusalem gave impetus to evangelism, some of the scattered Christians reached Antioch (Acts 11:19).
A strong church of Christ was established there, and this is where the disciples were first called Christians (Acts 11:19,26).
From Antioch, a great new missionary effort reached out to the Gentile world (Acts 11:19-21, Acts 13:1-4, Acts 14:24-28).
Paul spent a lot of time in Antioch prior to his 1st missionary journey (Acts 11:25-26, Acts 15:35).
Several other church leaders also spent time there (Acts 11:27, Acts 13:1).
Antioch was the center of a controversy involving Gentile Christians and Jewish law (Acts 11:19-22, Acts 15:22-35, Galatians 2:11-21).
From Antioch, relief was sent to famine-hit brethren in Judea (Acts 11:27-30).
The two Antiochs
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