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Corinth

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: C By: James P. Boyd

Acts 18:1; 20:2‑3

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(ornament). Anciently Ephyra; capital of Achaia. Destroyed by Rome, B. C. 146. Rebuilt by Julius Caesar, B. C. 46, as a Roman colony. Paul founded a church there (Acts 18:1; 20:2-3¹After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; (Acts 18:1)
²And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, ³And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. (Acts 20:2‑3)).

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