# 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.

## Ancient names

- Βέροια (Beroia): Greek
- Beroea: Latin

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491546).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i866e06.jpg (Pjposullivan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beroia_St_Paul%27s_Altar.jpg).

## Passages

- **Acts 17:10-15** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/10
- **Acts 17:10-11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/10
- **Acts 17:13-15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/13
- **Acts 20:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/4

## Coordinates

40.5183, 22.2000

## Straight-line distances

- **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 the reference maps

- **Paul's journeys**: 2nd journey (Acts 17:10-14). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/berea
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15712213
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).