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The population of Philippi during the time of Paul is estimated to have been around 10,000 to 20,000 people. Philippi was an important Roman colony in ancient Macedonia.
The first city in Europe where the apostle Paul carried the gospel was Philippi. Paul visited Philippi during his second missionary journey and established the first Christian church there.
Rome!Another answer:The first New Testament record of Paul being imprisoned is found in Acts 16, when he and Silas were beaten and imprisoned in the city of Philippi.
The ethnic background of Philippians. Philippians is placed in two places, where Paul was, and where he was writing his letter to. Paul was in captivity at the time he was writing the letter. Paul was writing his letter to the Philippians who lived in Philippi, a region in Greece.
The woman you have in mind is probably Lydia, a "seller of purple from the city of Thyatira" (Acts 16:14). She and her household were baptized in the town of Philippi on Paul's second missionary journey, while he was accompanied by Silas. (You have to look back to Acts 15:40to see that Silas was among Paul's company at the time.)
Chapter 16 in the Book of Acts narrates Paul's missionary journey to Philippi, where he meets Lydia, a seller of purple fabrics, who becomes one of the first European converts to Christianity. It also includes the well-known story of Paul and Silas being imprisoned in Philippi and subsequently being freed by an earthquake.
Look in the bible! Jeez.
After arriving at Neapolis (the port of Philippi in NE Macedonia), Paul went to Philippi and there declared the good news. (Acts 16:11-40)
Philippi. See Acts chapter 16.
The first city in Europe where the apostle Paul carried the gospel was Philippi. Paul visited Philippi during his second missionary journey and established the first Christian church there.
Rome!Another answer:The first New Testament record of Paul being imprisoned is found in Acts 16, when he and Silas were beaten and imprisoned in the city of Philippi.
I believe the scripture says they were in Philippi, the chief city in Macedonia . Acts 16:12
i found the following while searching the web: "[Apostle] Paul had a vision in which a man of Macedonia plead with Paul to come help him. Paul and his companions thus traveled to the city of Philippi in Macedonia. Paul baptized a woman named Lydia and her household in Philippi. Lydia was a seller of purple cloth, which was expensive. The dye for the cloth came from mollusk, a type of shellfish. Lydia's conversion was the start of the establishment of the Church in Philippi."
Eruodias & Syntyche (Phil 4:2-3)
My guess is that the ones addressed to them, they did, but not all letters were addressed to them. For instance Philippi.
The epistle to the Philippians was a letter St. Paul wrote to the Christians in Philippi, a city of Macedonia.
The ethnic background of Philippians. Philippians is placed in two places, where Paul was, and where he was writing his letter to. Paul was in captivity at the time he was writing the letter. Paul was writing his letter to the Philippians who lived in Philippi, a region in Greece.
She was the first European converted to Christ under the preaching of Paul at Philippi (Acts 16:14). As a "seller of purple," she was probably quite wealthy (Acts 16:12-15,50).