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Macedonia in the Bible
Greek: Μακεδονία —Romanized: Makedonija
also known as: Macedon
In New Testament times, Macedonia was a Roman province lying north of Greece. It was governed by a propraetor with the title of proconsul.
Paul was summoned by the Divine vision of the “man of Macedonia” to preach the gospel there.
A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” —Acts 16:9
Frequent allusion is made to this event (Acts 18:5; 19:21; 2 Corinthians 1:16; 11:9; Philippians 4:15).
The history of Paul’s first journey through Macedonia is given in detail in Acts 16:10-17:15. At the close of this journey he returned from Corinth to Syria.
He again passed through this country (20:1-6), although the details of the route are not given.
After many years he probably visited it for a third time (Philippians 2:24; 1 Timothy 1:3).
The first convert made by Paul in Europe was Lydia, a “seller of purple,” residing in Philippi, the chief city of the eastern division of Macedonia (Acts 16:13-15).
The Apostle Paul reported that believers in Macedonia “were pleased to share with the poor among the saints in Jerusalem” (Romans 15:26). He also mentioned that “for when the brothers came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need” (2 Corinthians 11:9).
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