Bible Location
Meaning: burning; adoration · 21 cross references · Modern-day map available
Macedonia was the Roman province north of Greece that became one of the key regions of Paul's mission in the New Testament. It is important because cities such as Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea made Macedonia a major center of early Christian preaching, church formation, and support for the wider mission. First appears in Acts 16:9.1
Place meaning
burning; adoration
Coordinates
40.73, 22.94
First appears
Acts 16:9
AI summary: Macedonia's significance in the Bible is overwhelmingly New Testament and missionary. Paul's vision calling him into Macedonia marks a turning point in the spread of the gospel into Europe, and the resulting ministry there produces some of the earliest and most influential churches in Acts and the epistles. The Macedonian churches also become models of generosity, perseverance, and partnership. Across the cross references, Macedonia is not just a Roman province; it is one of the great mission fields through which the gospel takes root in the wider Greco-Roman world.1
Place meaning
burning; adoration
Latitude
40.73
Longitude
22.94
Bible references
21
In New Testament times, was a Roman province lying north of Greece. It was governed by a propraetor with the title of proconsul. Paul was summoned by the vision of the “man of Macedonia” to preach the gospel there (Acts 16:9). Frequent allusion is made to this event (18:5; 19:21; Rom. 15:26; 2 Cor. 1:16; 11:9; Phil. 4:15). The history of Paul’s first journey through Macedonia is given in detail in Acts 16:10-17:15. At the close of this journey he returned from Corinth to Syria. He again passed through this country (20:1-6), although the details of the route are not given. After many years he probably visited it for a third time (Phil. 2:24; 1 Tim. 1:3). The first convert made by Paul in Europe was (Acts 16:13-15) Lydia (q.v.), a “seller of purple,” residing in Philippi, the chief city of the eastern division of Macedonia. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.