Places of the Bible
Philippi
City
What happened here
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Call to Macedonia · 47 AD
- Lydia's Conversion · 47 AD
- Paul casts demon out of soothsayer · 47 AD
- Paul and Silas imprisoned · 47 AD
- Philippian jailer converted · 47 AD
- Paul and Silas released · 47 AD
- Mission to Macedonia and Greece · 54 AD
Where the name appears
Events told in passages that name Philippi, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The fainter the mark, the fewer verses name the place.
- Second Missionary Journey · 46 AD · 1 verse
- Third Missionary Journey · 50 AD · 1 verse
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Formerly Crenides, “the fountain,” the capital of the province of Macedonia. It stood near the head of the Sea, about 8 miles north-west of Kavalla. It is now a ruined village, called Philibedjik. Philip of Macedonia fortified the old Thracian town of Crenides, and called it after his own name Philippi (B.C. 359-336). In the time of the Emperor Augustus this city became a Roman colony, i.e., a military settlement of Roman soldiers, there planted for the purpose of controlling the district recently conquered. It was a “miniature Rome,” under the municipal law of Rome, and governed by military officers, called duumviri, who were appointed directly from Rome. Having been providentially guided thither, here Paul and his companion Silas preached the gospel and formed the first church in Europe. This success stirred up the enmity of the people, and they were “shamefully entreated” (Acts 16:9-40; 1 Thess. 2:2). Paul and Silas at length left this city and proceeded to Amphipolis (q.v.).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 4 verses
The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.