Apollonia

Apollonia, a city in Macedonia through which Paul passed on his way to Thessalonica.

The name Apollonia means “perdition, destruction”

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Summary

A location only mentioned at Acts 17:1; only referred to as Apollonia (Ἀπολλωνία).

Location

Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
40.624° N, 23.470° E
Apollonia
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Glossary entries

Apollonia

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.