Philippi
First city in Europe where Paul planted a church. Lydia was baptized here, and Paul and Silas were jailed before a miraculous earthquake freed them.
“Philippi.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/place/philippi









- placeNazareth
Hill town in Lower Galilee, about 25 km west of the Sea of Galilee. The boyhood home of Jesus.
- placeGalilee
Northern region of ancient Israel, fertile and lake-fringed. Most of Jesus' ministry happened here.
- mapPaul's first missionary journey
Paul's first journey, around AD 46–48. From Antioch in Syria to Cyprus, then across to southern Asia Minor and…
- bookActs
Luke's second volume. From Pentecost in Jerusalem to Paul in Roman house arrest, covering roughly thirty years…
- bookPhilippians
A warm thank-you note from prison. The theme is joy. Contains the great kenotic hymn about Christ "emptying hi…
- mapChrist’s journeys in the Gospels
The four Gospels move Jesus across a compact landscape: Galilee and its lake in the north, Samaria in the midd…