John Gill Commentary Acts 20:2

"And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece." — Acts 20:2 (ASV)

And when he had gone over those parts
Of Macedonia, and the cities in it before mentioned;

and had given them much exhortation ;
to abide by the doctrines and ordinances of the Gospel, and to walk worthy of it in their lives and conversations; and this exhortation he was frequently giving, as often as he had opportunity, improving his time much this way, and continued long at it: and, having pursued it to a sufficient length,

he came into Greece ;
or Hellas; which, according to Ptolomy ^F5 and Solinus, ^F6 , is properly true Greece; the former makes it to be the same with Achaia, where Corinth was; and the latter says it was in his time called Attica, where Athens was; so Pliny ^F7 , who also says, that Thessaly was so called: this Hellas included Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Achaia, which is properly Greece, Peloponnesus, and the adjacent islands.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F5: Geograph. l. 3. c. 15.
• F6: Polyhist, c. 12.
• F7: Nat. Hist. l. 4. c. 7.