{
  "id": "dict_000198",
  "term": "Amphipolis",
  "slug": "amphipolis",
  "letter": "A",
  "entry_type": "biblical_place",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Amphipolis was a city in Macedonia mentioned in Acts as a stop on Paul’s journey from Philippi toward Thessalonica.",
  "simple_one_line": "A Macedonian city Paul passed through on his way to Thessalonica.",
  "tooltip_text": "A city in Macedonia named in Acts 17:1 as part of Paul’s travel route.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Philippi",
    "Apollonia",
    "Thessalonica",
    "Macedonia",
    "Acts"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Paul's missionary journeys",
    "Acts 17",
    "Luke-Acts"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Amphipolis was an important city in Macedonia, known in the New Testament because Paul and his companions passed through it on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A Macedonian city named in Acts 17:1.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "A real city in the Roman province of Macedonia",
    "Mentioned in the travel account of Paul’s second missionary journey",
    "The New Testament records the place, but not a ministry event there"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Amphipolis was an important Macedonian city mentioned in the account of Paul’s missionary travels. According to Acts 17:1, Paul and his companions passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia before arriving in Thessalonica.",
  "description_academic_full": "Amphipolis was a city in Macedonia in the New Testament world, noted in Acts 17:1 as one of the places Paul and his companions passed through after leaving Philippi on the way to Thessalonica. Scripture does not record a ministry event there in detail, but its inclusion helps trace the historical route of Paul’s second missionary journey. The term refers to a geographic location rather than a theological concept, so any dictionary treatment should remain brief, factual, and tied to its role in the biblical narrative.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Acts mentions Amphipolis as part of the route Paul and Silas took during the second missionary journey. The verse helps readers follow the geographic movement of the narrative, even though no sermon, conversion, or dispute is recorded there.",
  "background_historical_context": "Amphipolis was a significant city in ancient Macedonia and an important point on regional routes connecting major urban centers. Its mention in Acts fits the historical and geographic realism of Luke’s travel account.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Amphipolis is not a major topic in Jewish background literature. Its significance in Scripture is primarily geographic and historical, not covenantal or rabbinic.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Acts 17:1"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Acts 16:11-12",
    "Acts 17:1-2"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "From the Greek Ἀμφίπολις (Amphipolis), the name of a city in Macedonia.",
  "theological_significance": "Amphipolis has no direct doctrinal teaching attached to it. Its value is narrative: it confirms the historical setting and travel route of Paul’s missionary work.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a place name, Amphipolis illustrates how biblical revelation is grounded in real places and events rather than abstract ideas alone.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not read significance into the city beyond what the text states. Acts records that Paul passed through Amphipolis, but it does not describe a mission there or draw a theological conclusion from the stop.",
  "major_views_note": "There are no major interpretive views specific to Amphipolis itself; discussion is usually limited to geography and Acts chronology.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Amphipolis is a geographic reference, not a doctrine, symbol, or spiritual office. It should not be treated as carrying special theological meaning beyond the biblical narrative.",
  "practical_significance": "This entry helps Bible readers trace Paul’s missionary route and better understand the geography of Acts.",
  "meta_description": "Amphipolis was a Macedonian city mentioned in Acts 17:1 as a stop on Paul’s route from Philippi to Thessalonica.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/amphipolis/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/amphipolis.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}