Acts 17:16--18:17
Achaia
: a Roman province located in Greece along the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth
(37° 59´, 23° 44´)
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
(37° 59´, 23° 44´)
Athenian
: inhabitant(s) of Athens.
(37° 59´, 23° 44´)
Athens
: a town which was the capital of Attica in Greece
(37° 59´, 23° 44´)
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
(37° 54´, 22° 52´)
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.
Epicureans
: followers of the philosophies of Epicurus
Gallio
: the man who was deputy or proconsul of Achaia in Corinth.
Gentile
: a non-Jewish person
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Greek
: the language used by the people of Greece
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Italy
: a country west of Greece, whose capital is Rome
(41° 54´, 12° 29´)
Jews
: the people descended from Israel
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
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
Macedonia
: a Roman province north of Greece which included 10 Roman colonies (IBD),citizens of the province of Macedonia
(40° 37´, 22° 55´)
Paul
: a man from Tarsus who persecuted the church but became a missionary and writer of 13 Epistles
Pontus
: the coastal region of north Asia Minor
(40° 54´, 37° 47´)
Priscilla
: the wife of Aquila
Rome
: the capital city of Italy
(41° 54´, 12° 29´)
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
Timothy
: a young man of Lystra who travelled with Paul and to whom two epistles were addressed
