13 - Paul at Thessalonica -The Itineraries Of Paul
Paul at Thessalonica Thessalonica can be pronounced either Thĕs-să-lă-nī'-că or Thĕs-să-lō'-nĭ-că. Today it’s called Salonica. They had crossed over from Troas in Asia to Neapolis by boat then went up to Philippi. This is in the area of Macedonia. Philippi was one of the chief cities of that part of Macedonia. Macedonia is divided into four parts and Philippi is the chief city of one of the four parts. They left Philippi and are going to go down through Amphipolis and Apollonia and then on to Thessalonica which is on the coast. Acts 17:1: Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: Amphipolis and Apollonia are just two cities between Philippi and Thessalonica. Amphipolis and Apollonia along with Philippi and Thessalonica are on the Egnatian Way. Philippi is really off of it a little bit because it passes through Neapolis. The terminus of the Egnatian Way is in Neapolis. I saw a map, whether it was at this time or later I don’t know, where this road goes all the way over to what’s later known as Byzantium. It goes from Apollonia which is on the coast of Macedonia on the side toward Italy, through Thessalonica, Amphipolis, through Neapolis which is right near Philippi and then it continues on over to Byzantium which is later called Constantinople after Constantine. The Egnatian Way was one of the main military roads which connected Rome with the East. Paul travelled down this Egnatian Way. “synagogue of the Jews” – this is many times Paul’s starting place because that was a place he was acquainted with. He knew that when he went tin there he was a guest from Jerusalem and they would be apt to ask him to share a little bit about what’s going on at the Jewish headquarters. The Egnatian Way passes through Thessalonica so that tells you it’s going to be a pretty busy town as far as trade is concerned, east and west. But it was also on the main road that went from the Aegean Sea to the Danube Rive
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Tweet Topic: logospedia Format: Mp3 Publication Date: 1976-1977 Walter J. Cummins graduated from the Power for Abundant Class in 1962. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Ohio State University in 1968 and his Master of Education degree in Secondary School Administration in 1978 from Wright State University. He was ordained to the Christian by The Way International in 1968. He has studied at The Way International under Victor Paul Wierwille and K.C.Pillai. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he was director of the Research department of the Way International and served as assistant to the president. PDF AUDIO