Tag: Philippi
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A cultural clash at the Agora in Roman Philippi
a Roman Government of Greek Culture The Roman-built forum in Philippi with its bustling traditional Greek agora resembled the forum in Rome (cover-photo remains of the Roman forum pillars shows some of the grandeur of these most-public areas of the Empires greatest cities. Similar-sized pillars in the foreground of the Philippi Forum and agora (to…
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A Python of Prophesy Stalking Paul in Philippi
Who is this soothsaying python of Philippi? Luke mentions this woman in Acts 16 who follows Paul, Silas and Timothy around as they frequent a place of prayer down by the river. She may not have had such a nickname but her presence foretells the inevitable upcoming skirmishes between good and evil in Europe. Acts…
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Lydia a Worshipper Down By The River
Lydia, a worshiper of God A brief outline of the opening of Europe to the Gospel of Jesus Christ beginning with the baptism of Lydia, a Jewish woman near a city with with few Jews. I’ll take you back to Philippi, Macedonia (geographically part of Greece) in the 1st c. superpower Empire of Rome and…
