Place
Athens
Identified location. The site is known today and most scholars agree on it.
The old centre of Greek learning. Paul waited here for Silas and Timothy, and "his spirit was stirred in him" by the city's idols before he spoke on Mars' hill. He sent Timothy back from Athens to encourage the church at Thessalonica.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Paul, Acts 17:16
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
- Timothy, 1 Thessalonians 3:2
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
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