Berea
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Berea is an ancient city in Macedonia, known from the New Testament as a place where early Christian missionaries, including Paul and Silas, preached and where the local Jews were commended for diligently examining the Scriptures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Berea canonical | 2 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
biblical city ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early Christian missionaries
ⓘ
persecution of Paul by Thessalonian Jews ⓘ |
| distanceFromThessalonica | about 72 km southwest ⓘ |
| event | Paul sent away to the sea from Berea ⓘ |
| governedBy | Roman authorities in New Testament period ⓘ |
| hasChristianCommunitySince | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Greeks
ⓘ
Jews ⓘ |
| hasReputationAmongChristians | model of scriptural diligence ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Berea of Macedonia ⓘ |
| influenced | Christian concept of "Berean" Bible study ⓘ |
| knownFor |
diligent examination of the Scriptures
ⓘ
receptive response to Christian preaching ⓘ |
| languageUsedHistorically | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Macedonia region
ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonia
Roman province of Macedonia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Greece ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Salonika
ⓘ
surface form:
Thessalonica
|
| mentionedIn |
Acts 17
ⓘ
Acts of the Apostles ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| modernName | Veria ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenistic world
Roman Empire ⓘ Macedon ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Macedonia
|
| praisedFor |
examining the Scriptures daily
ⓘ
noble character of its Jewish inhabitants ⓘ |
| praisedIn | Acts 17:11 ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | site of early Christian conversions ⓘ |
| roleInChristianity | early center of Christian missionary activity ⓘ |
| scripturalTheme | testing teachings by Scripture ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century AD (New Testament era) ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
Silas ⓘ Timothy ⓘ |
| visitedDuring |
Paul’s second missionary journey
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul's second missionary journey
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.