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Apollonia

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Apollonia (ap-pol-lo'ni-a), belonging to Apollo. The name of several places in Europe and Asia, of which Apollonia in Illyria was the most celebrated. But the Apollonia through which Paul passed, Acts 17:1, was a city of Macedonia, about 36 miles east of Thessalonica, and 30 miles southwest of Amphipolis.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Apollonia'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​a/apollonia.html. 1893.
 
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