Paul and Nero – Acts 28, Philippians and 2 Timothy
Paul lived and traveled under four Imperial rulers in his life – Tiberius (14-37 CE), Caligula (37-41 CE), Claudius (41-54 CE) and Nero (54-68 CE). Tiberius and Caligula were princeps during Paul’s unsaved life, and neither seemed to care much of the beginnings of the …
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Places in the Book of Acts – Acco, Ptolemais – Acts 21:7; Judges 1:31,32
Ptolemais Acts 21:7; Judges 1:31,32 Ptolemais (also called Acco, Acre and Akko in various periods) was an ancient Biblical city situated between Carmel and Tyre on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Once a Caananite (Phoenician) city, the land was allotted to the tribal …
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Places in the Book of Acts – Antipatris – Acts 23:31; Joshua 12:18
Antipatris is only mentioned one time in the Book of Acts. The city had a garrison or stronghold used by Paul and Roman soldiers sent by Claudius Lysias (commander of the Roman forces at the Antonia Fortress in Jerusalem) to escorted Paul to the Roman …
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Places in Acts – Caesarea – Acts 8:40; Acts 9:30; Acts 10:1, 24
Photo: The theatre at Caesarea (restored). Caesarea Maritima is found in Acts 8:40; Acts 9:30; Acts 10:1, 24; 11: 11; 12:19; Acts 18:22; 21:8,9,16; Acts 21:7-40; Acts 23:23,33; Acts 24, 25, 26; Acts 25:1,4,6,13, 23; Acts 25:11; 26: 1-13. For more than 600 years the capital …
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Places in the Book of Acts – Salmone – Acts 27:7
Salmone was a cape on the north-eastern extremity of Crete (now known as Cape Sidero). Salmone was an important landmark in Luke’s account of the journey to Rome. The decision to sail on the south side of the island was apparently taken because of the wind direction at …
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Places in the Book of Acts – Samos – Acts 20:15
The large east-west oriented island (27 miles east-west and about 14 miles north-south) is located southwest of ancient Ephesus in the Aegean Sea. It was an ancient Ionian settlement founded probably as early as the 11th century BCE, and was thought to be settled by the people of …
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Places in the Book of Acts – Samothracia – Acts 16:11 (for a similar journey, see 20:6)
Visible from the coastal villages of Thrace (on a clear day), the mountain island of Samothracia is equidistant from the Turkish coast and Alexandropoli today. The small oval shaped island rises up dramatically from the Aegean, with a peak that rises above 1700 meters from the ocean surface. …
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