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and from thereκἀκεῖθενtoεἰςPhilippi,Φιλίππουςwhichἥτιςisἐστὶνa leadingπρώτηcityπόλιςof the districtτῆς μερίδοςof Macedonia,Μακεδονίαςa Roman colony.κολωνίαAndδὲwe wereἦμενstayingδιατρίβοντεςinἐνthisταύτῃcityτῇ πόλειsomeτινάςdays.ἡμέρας
Acts 16:12
Study it in the app“and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. And we were staying in this city some days.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:12, word by word
- and from thereκἀκεῖθενkakeithen
and from there
Links what follows to the place being left: “and going on from that place.”
Where else “kakeithen” appears- PhilippiΦιλίππουςPhilippous
Philippi
See it on the mapWhere else “Philippous” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a leadingπρώτηprōtē
leading
The most important.
Where else “prōtē” appears- cityπόλιςpolis
city, town
City, town.
Where else “polis” appears- of the districtμερίδοςmeridos
district
An area of a country.
Where else “meridos” appears- of MacedoniaΜακεδονίαςMakedonias
Macedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedonias” appears- a Roman colonyκολωνίαkolōnia
colony
Colony: a Roman colony, a city with the rights of Rome.
Where else “kolōnia” appears- stayingδιατρίβοντεςdiatribontes
stay, spend time
Stay, spend some time.
Where else “diatribontes” appears- daysἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears
Translation note
Philippi was a Roman colony: its inhabitants had the rights of the citizens of Rome.
Places in this verse
1Philippi
Today: Philippi ruins, near Kavala, Greece
A Roman city in Macedonia, in northern Greece, about 9 miles (15 km) inland from the Aegean Sea.
There Paul met Lydia and was jailed with Silas; the jailer believed (Acts 16:12-34). He wrote the letter to the Philippians to its assembly (Phil 1:1).
2Macedonia
Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria
A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.
Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).
The context
11So setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis,
12 · This verse (above)
13And on the day of the Sabbath we went out outside the gate beside a river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and sitting down, we were speaking to the women who had gathered.
To study Acts 16 in a group
1. What it says
What do Paul and Silas do at midnight in prison, and what happens afterward? (vv. 25-26)
2. What it means
Why does the jailer ask what he must do, and how do Paul and Silas answer him? (vv. 27-31)
3. How I live it
Paul and Silas prayed and sang on a very hard night (v. 25). What gives you courage when you go through a night like that?