Atlas Biblica

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    Achaia

    Ἀχαΐα

    Achaia, a Roman province covering much of Greece, with Corinth as its capital.

    Where the story of Achaia happensWhere the gazetteer locates Achaia, framed to them: Achaia. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Achaia
    Where the gazetteer locates Achaia
    verses
    11
    first named
    Acts 18:12
    last named
    1 Thessalonians 1:8
    feature
    region
    coordinates
    38.72°N · 22.54°E
    region38.72°N · 22.54°E

    Achaia (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Achaia in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Achaia was a Roman province that encompassed much of southern Greece, including the cities of Athens and Corinth. It was established in 27 BC and lasted until the reforms of Diocletian in the late 3rd century AD. In the New Testament, Achaia is mentioned primarily in connection with Paul's ministry and the churches he established or visited in the region.

    Paul spent considerable time in Corinth, the capital of Achaia, on his second missionary journey (Act.18.1-18). It was there that he was brought before the judgment seat of Gallio, the proconsul of Achaia (Act.18.12). Later, Apollos visited Achaia and ministered in Corinth (Act.18.27-19:1).

    Paul wrote several epistles to churches in Achaia, including 1 and 2 Corinthians, addressed to the church in Corinth, and 1 and 2 Thessalonians to the church in Thessalonica, the capital of neighboring Macedonia. In his epistles, Paul commended the generosity of the churches of Achaia in giving to the collection for the believers in Jerusalem (Romans 15:26, 2Co.9.2) and noted their role in spreading the gospel (1Th.1.7-8).

    The churches in Achaia faced significant challenges, including divisions, immorality, and false teachings, as addressed in Paul's epistles to them. Nevertheless, Achaia remained an important center of early Christianity, producing influential leaders such as Stephanas (1Co.16.15) and Phoebe (Romans 16:1).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 11, across 5 books.

    1. Acts3 verses

      18:1218:2719:21

    2. Romans2 verses

      15:2616:5

    3. 1 Corinthians1 verse

      16:15

    4. 2 Corinthians3 verses

      1:19:211:10

    5. 1 Thessalonians2 verses

      1:71:8

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Macedonia and Achaia’s contributionContributionContribution is a concept gathering 16 labelled instances in the text.via Macedonia and Achaia’s contributionMacedoniaA region in northern Greece; Paul preached there

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

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