Location:

• Biblical: Philippoi (Φίλιπποι) – a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony (Acts 16:12).
  • a Roman colony, the first European city where Paul planted a church (Acts 16). The believers there were mostly Gentiles.
• Modern Location: Filippoi (near Kavala, Greece).

Significance:

• First mention: Philippoi (Φίλιπποι) (Acts 16:12).
• Last mention: Philippoi (Φίλιπποι) (1 Thessalonians 2:2).
• Symbolic: None.
• Major Events: Conversion of Lydia (Acts 16:13-15); exorcism of the slave girl and imprisonment of Paul and Silas (Acts 16:16-24); conversion of the jailer and his household (Acts 16:25-34); Paul’s return visit after the days of Unleavened Bread (Acts 20:6).

People

• Lydia (Λυδία) – seller of purple cloth, first convert in Europe (Acts 16:14).
• The Philippian jailer (δεσμοφύλαξ) – converted with his household after the earthquake (Acts 16:27-34).
• Euodia (Εὐοδία) and Syntyche (Συντύχη) – women who labored in the gospel (Philippians 4:2).
• Epaphroditus (Ἐπαφρόδιτος) – messenger from the church who brought a gift to Paul (Philippians 2:25; 4:18).

Connections

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