Saul
: the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi
Theophilus
: the man to whom the books of Luke and Acts were written
Amphipolis
: a city located between Thessalonica and Philippi on the Strymon river
Apollonia
: a city in Macedonia 48 km. from Amphipolis and 60 from Thessalonica (YC)
Areopagus
: a hill of Athens west of the Acropolis where the city council used to meet before Paul's time
Athenian
: inhabitant(s) of Athens.
Athens
: a town which was the capital of Attica in Greece
Beroea
: a town located in southern Macedonia
Caesar
: a title held by Roman emperors
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
Gentile
: a non-Jewish person
Greek
: the language used by the people of Greece
Jason
: a Christian man in Thessalonica to whom Paul sent greetings
Jewish
: the people descended from Israel
Jews
: the people descended from Israel
Paul
: a man from Tarsus who persecuted the church but became a missionary and writer of 13 Epistles
Silas
: a man who went with Peter and Paul on separate missionary journeys
Stoic
: a sect of people
Thessalonica
: a town of Macedonia on the Thermaic Gulf (Gulf of Salonika)
Timothy
: a young man of Lystra who travelled with Paul and to whom two epistles were addressed