Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 16:12

12 Cóng nàli lái dào Féilìbǐ , jiù shì Mǎqídùn zhè yī fāng de tóu yī gè chéng . yĕ shì Luómǎ de zhù fáng chéng . wǒmen zaì zhè chéng lǐ zhù le jǐ tiān .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 16:12 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 16:12

And from thence to Philippi
This place is by Appianus called Datos, which was its original name; and by Diodorus Siculus, Crenidae ^F3, from the fountains of water, which were many and wholesome, that were about it; and it had its name Philippi, from Philip king of Macedon, father of Alexander the great, who rebuilt it ^F4: it is now vulgarly called Chrixopolis, that is, Chrysopolis, from the veins and mines of gold found about it; it was famous for a battle here fought between Augustus Caesar and Anthony on the one side, and Brutus and Cassius on the other, in which the latter were vanquished:

which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia;
which is called Edonis, in which Ptolomy places it;

and a colony:
that is, of the Romans; see ( Acts 16:37 Acts 16:38 ) and which Pliny ^F5 also calls a colony:

and we were in that city abiding many days;
without doing anything, having no opportunity, or door opened to them to preach the Gospel; which must be a great trial of their faith, after Paul had seen such a vision, by which they were so strongly assured it was the will of God they should come and preach the Gospel here, and after they had travelled so far by sea and land; though some observe, that the word used signifies not only to abide, but to exercise themselves, by teaching and preaching the word, which it is supposed they did with success; and that the women they after met with by the river side, were such, at least some of them, who had been converted under their ministry; but the former seems to be the truest sense.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Ptolom. Geograph. l. 3. c. 13.
F4 Pausaniae Eliac. 2. l. 6. p. 352. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 4. c. 11.
F5 Ib.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 16:12 In-Context

10 Bǎoluó jì kànjian zhè yìxiàng , wǒmen suí jì xiǎng yào wǎng Mǎqídùn qù , yǐwéi shén zhào wǒmen chuánfúyin gĕi nàli de rén tīng .

11 Yúshì cóng tè luó yà kāi chuán , yīzhí xíng dào sā mó tè lā , dì èr tiān dào le ní yà bō lì .

12 Cóng nàli lái dào Féilìbǐ , jiù shì Mǎqídùn zhè yī fāng de tóu yī gè chéng . yĕ shì Luómǎ de zhù fáng chéng . wǒmen zaì zhè chéng lǐ zhù le jǐ tiān .

13 Dàng ānxīrì , wǒmen chū chéng mén , dào le hé biān , zhīdào nàli yǒu yī gè dǎogào de dìfang , wǒmen jiù zuò xià duì nà jùhuì de fùnǚ jiǎng dào .

14 Yǒu yī gè maì zǐse bù diǎn de fùrén , míng jiào lǚ dǐ yà , shì tuī yǎ tuī lā chéng de rén , sùlái jìngbaì shén . tā tīngjian le , zhǔ jiù kāi dǎo tāde xīn , jiào tā liú xīn tīng Bǎoluó suǒ jiǎng de huà .