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Bible Place Guide

Thessalonica in the Bible

Paul preaches in a strategic Macedonian city and later writes to the church there. See Scripture references, modern location, confidence level, and source attribution from Sacred Atlas.

Modern locationMacedonia, Greece
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs12

High confidence

Modern identification

Thessaloniki - Macedonia, Greece

Coordinates40.6378, 22.9458
Kindsettlement
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

Acts 17:1-91 Thessalonians 1:12 Thessalonians 1:1Acts 17:1Acts 17:11Acts 17:13Acts 20:4Acts 27:2Phil 4:161 Thes 1:12 Thes 1:12 Tim 4:10

Why this place is in the atlas

Paul preaches in a strategic Macedonian city and later writes to the church there.

Claim ledger

names[0].value Thessalonica Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Paul preaches in a strategic Macedonian city and later writes to the church there. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: afa9d8e, urlSlug: thessalonica, friendlyId: Thessalonica OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 40.637771, longitude: 22.945767, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
identifications[0].modernRegion Macedonia Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences Acts 17:1-9, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:1, Acts 17:1 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes c. AD 50: Second missionary journey Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium