Macedonia

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Macedonia, in New Testament times, was a Roman province lying north of Greece. It was governed by a propraetor with the title of proconsul. Paul was summoned by the vision of the "man of Macedonia" to preach the gospel there (Acts 16:9). Frequent allusion is made to this event (Acts 18:5; Acts 19:21; Rom 15:26; 2Cor 1:16; 2Cor 11:9; Phil 4:15). The history of Paul's first journey through Macedonia is given in detail in Acts 16:10-Acts 17:15. At the close of this journey he returned from Corinth to Syria. He again passed through this country (Acts 20:1ff), although the details of the route are not given. After many years he probably visited it for a third time (Phil 2:24; 1 Tim 1:3). The first convert made by Paul in Europe was (Acts 16:13ff) Lydia, a "seller of purple," residing in Philippi, the chief city of the eastern division of Macedonia.


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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