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1 Μαΐ 2020 · Though the region of Macedonia in northern Greece was located nearly a thousand miles from Jerusalem, it had an indirect impact on the events of the New Testament and the ministry of the apostle Paul.
Image. Credit: Sakistriantafyllou (modified) About. This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place. While I consulted sources for this place, there were no major disputes about its modern location.
Macedonia, located in the northern part of Greece, is found twenty-eight times in the King James New Testament. It became a Roman province in 147 B.C. One year later, the region known as Epirus was incorporated in Macedonia and stayed within the provincial boundaries well past the first century A.D.
IV. The Macedonian Church. 1. Prominence of Women: Of the churches of Macedonia in general, little need be said here. A striking fact is the prominence in them of women, which is probably due to the higher social position held by women in this province than in Asia Minor (Lightfoot, Philippians4, 55;).
MACEDONIA măs ə dō’ nĭ ə (Μακεδονία, G3423). In NT times a Rom. senatorial province encompassing much of northern Greece. 1. Geography. A land of high mountains, broad rivers and fertile valleys in the center of the Balkan peninsula, it was bounded in antiquity by Illyria on the W, Moesia to the N and Thrace to the E.
31 Οκτ 2013 · Comparing the historical cultural information about women in Macedonia, Anatolia, and Crete with the state of right teaching in these different New Testament churches sheds light on solving any apparent disharmony.
But in Macedonia all is changed. To women the gospel was first preached at Philippi (Acts 16:13); a woman was the first convert and the hostess of the evangelists (Acts 16:14,15); a slave girl was restored to soundness of mind by the apostle (Acts 16:18), and long afterward Paul mentions two women as having "labored with (him) in the gospel ...
