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Mac·e·do·nia /ˌmæsəˈdoniə, njə/
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Macedonia
n 1: landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved
independence from Yugoslavia in 1991
2: the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in
the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern
Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria [syn: Macedon, Makedonija]
Macedonia
in New Testament times, was a Roman province lying north of
Greece. It was governed by a propraetor with the title of
proconsul. Paul was summoned by the vision of the "man of
Macedonia" to preach the gospel there (Acts 16:9). Frequent
allusion is made to this event (18:5; 19:21; Rom. 15:26; 2 Cor.
1:16; 11:9; Phil. 4:15). The history of Paul's first journey
through Macedonia is given in detail in Acts 16:10-17:15. At the
close of this journey he returned from Corinth to Syria. He
again passed through this country (20:1-6), although the details
of the route are not given. After many years he probably visited
it for a third time (Phil. 2:24; 1 Tim. 1:3). The first convert
made by Paul in Europe was (Acts 16:13-15) Lydia (q.v.), a
"seller of purple," residing in Philippi, the chief city of the
eastern division of Macedonia.