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Berea

Macedonia · today Veria

A city whose listeners examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. It is the most direct praise of a reader in the whole New Testament.

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Βέροια Beroia Greek
  • Beroea Latin

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Derbe Derbe Asia ASIA Thessalonica Thessalonica Athens Athens Berea Berea 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 5 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH THESSALONICA · ATHENS · ASIA · DERBE, named in the same passages

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Building at Veria.

Building at Veria.

PHOTO: Pjposullivan CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Thessalonica ABOUT 40 MI (64 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Athens ABOUT 190 MI (310 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 14 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 940 MI (1,500 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

4 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 40.5183, 22.2000

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ON WIKIDATA · Q15712213