Achaia
: a Roman province located in Greece along the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth
Alexandria
: an inhabitant of Alexandria
Amphipolis
: a city located between Thessalonica and Philippi on the Strymon river
Antioch
: a city in Syria located 15 miles inland from the Mediterranean Sea on the Orontes River,a principal city of the province of Pisidia in Asia Minor, west of Iconium.
Apollonia
: a city in Macedonia 48 km. from Amphipolis and 60 from Thessalonica (YC)
Apollos
: a Jewish man from Alexandria who was taught by Aquila and Priscilla
Aquila
: the husband of Priscilla
Areopagus
: a hill of Athens west of the Acropolis where the city council used to meet before Paul's time
Asia
: A Roman province on the west side of Asia Minor.
Athenian
: inhabitant(s) of Athens.
Athens
: a town which was the capital of Attica in Greece
Beroea
: a town located in southern Macedonia
Bithynia
: a region in NW Asia Minor that, together with Pontus, forms a Roman province (OS)
Caesar
: a title held by Roman emperors
Caesarea
: a town on the Mediterranean 40 kilometers south of Mt. Carmel and 120 kilometers NW of Jerusalem.
Cenchreae
: the eastern port town of Corinth
Claudius
: the Roman emperor who was the successor of Caligula,a Roman army captain in Jerusalem
Corinth
: a town located on the narrow isthmus connecting the Greek mainland with the Peloponnesus Peninsula to the south
Corinthians
: the inhabitants of Corinth.
Crispus
: a leader of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, baptized by Paul
Damaris
: a woman in Athens, converted by Paul
Dionysius
: an important man of Athens who was converted to Christianity.
Ephesus
: a town in western Asia Minor at the mouth of the Cayster River
Epicureans
: followers of the philosophies of Epicurus
Galatia
: a nation, and later a Roman province, in central Asia Minor
Gallio
: the man who was deputy or proconsul of Achaia in Corinth.
Gentile
: a non-Jewish person
Greek
: the language used by the people of Greece
Italy
: a country west of Greece, whose capital is Rome
Jason
: a Christian man in Thessalonica to whom Paul sent greetings
Jewish
: the people descended from Israel
Jews
: the people descended from Israel
John
: a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter
Justus
: a man who was nominated with Matthias to replace Judas Iscariot as an apostle,a godly man of Corinth,a man in Rome from whom Paul sends greetings
Lydia
: the first European woman to convert to Christ as a result of Paul's preaching
Macedonia
: a Roman province north of Greece which included 10 Roman colonies (IBD),citizens of the province of Macedonia
Mysia
: a the northern portion of the Roman province of Asia
Neapolis
: a town that served as the seaport for the city of Philippi in the province of Macedonia
Paul
: a man from Tarsus who persecuted the church but became a missionary and writer of 13 Epistles
Phrygia
: a region located in central Asia Minor
Pontus
: the coastal region of north Asia Minor
Priscilla
: the wife of Aquila
Roman
: any person or thing associated with Rome, particularly a person who was a citizen of Rome.
Rome
: the capital city of Italy
Samothrace
: an island in the northern Aegean Sea
Sceva
: a Jewish chief priest.
Silas
: a man who went with Peter and Paul on separate missionary journeys
Sosthenes
: the man in charge of the synagogue in Corinth who was beaten
Stoic
: a sect of people
Syria
: the country to the north of Palestine,a country of north western Mesopotamia
Thessalonica
: a town of Macedonia on the Thermaic Gulf (Gulf of Salonika)
Thyatira
: a town in Asia Minor 30 km southeast of Pergamum
Timothy
: a young man of Lystra who travelled with Paul and to whom two epistles were addressed
Titius Justus
: a godly man of Corinth
Troas
: a town in northwest Asia Minor
Tyrannus
: a man in Ephesus in whose school Paul spoke