Region
Greece
Also called Hellas
Approximate location. A region or area. The marker is only a representative point.
- Ancient name
- Greece
- Modern location
- Southern and central Greece
- Location
- Approximate location
Editorial summary
On his third journey Paul spent three months in Greece before a plot against him changed his route.
What happened here
1Three months in Greece
Paul spent three months in Greece. When a plot was made against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
Acts names only “Greece,” not a city.
People here
1On these journeys
Scripture
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Location certainty
Acts 20:2 says only that Paul “came into Greece,” usually understood as the Roman province of Achaia. The marker is the representative point Pleiades gives for Achaia. Many scholars think Paul spent these months in Corinth, but Acts does not name the city.
- Coordinates
- 38.5916° N, 22.6376° E