To Philippi (εις Φιλιππους). The plural like Αθηνα (Athens) is probably due to separate sections of the city united (Winer-Moulton…

And from there to Philippi. The former name of this city was Dathos. It was repaired and adorned by Philip, the father of Alexander the Gr…

The chief city of that part of Macedonia.—More accurately, a chief (or first) city of the border-country of …

Waiting to know what they were to do. In God's work, we are not to go on in blundering haste. Sometimes, a little waiting may be good for us; and b…

Philippi was situated on a plain bounded by Mount Pangaeus to the north and northeast, with the rivers Strymon and Nestos on either side. Its fame …

And from thence to Philippi This place is by Appianus called Datos, which was its original name; and by Diodorus Siculus,…

The removals of ministers, and the dispensing the means of grace by them, are in particular under Divine conduct and direction. We must follow Prov…