Examples of Paul’s use of military metaphors in the epistle:
“The praetorian guard” (1:13 AV “palace”) and Caesar’s household (4:22) are mentioned only in Philippians.
“Furtherance of the gospel” (1:12,25). Greek word is prokope and is used of pioneers cutting a way a…
Philippi is an ancient city 15km north-west of Neapolis (modern Kavala in the north of Greece). As you leave Neapolis you first cross a mountain ridge with captivating views over the city and the Aegean Sea. After cresting the ridge, the remaining part of the journey is generally flat and leads dire…
In we learn that when Paul and Timothy came to Troas “a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us…Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Nea…
Mytilene (pron. mit-l-ee-nee) is the capital city of the Greek Island, Lesvos, in the north eastern Aegean Sea and was established in the south-eastern part of the isle.
In the first century AD Mytilene was a small islet just off the coast of its larger neighbour Lesvos. Both were connect…
Rhodes is an island 18km from South West Turkey and is one of the furthest islands from Greece. It’s mentioned possibly in Genesis 10:4 and 1 Chronicles 1:7 where the LXX renders Dodanim as Rodanim, or Rhodes, and occurs in Acts 21:1 when Paul is travelling to Jerusalem a day after stoppin…
As we stood in the shadow of the tomb of Daniel, we were overwhelmed by a great sense of awe as we considered the amazing example of this man of faith, “a man greatly beloved” (Dan 10:11), and paused to meditate on the words “but go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, an…
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This earthquake was the reign of Julian the Apostate, a crucial figure in the story of religion, being the last of the pagan Roman emperors. Born in Constantinople (the then capital of the Roman Empire) in AD332, Julian was noted for his power and his genius as a writer, scholar, philosoph…
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Today in the southern Fars province of modern Iran, an extraordinary stone mausoleum rises above the plains surrounding the ruins of the ancient royal Persian city of Pasargadae. Here lies a monument, preserved for over 2500 years, to testify to the life of the Persian king, Cyrus the Great, separat…
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