Place · City
Neapolis
Named in 1 verse, first in Acts 16:11.
In the Bible
All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Acts
- Acts 16:11
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
Events here
Events the dataset sets at Neapolis. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- no dateCall to Macedonia
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
New city, a town in Thrace at which Paul first landed in Europe (Acts 16:11). It was the sea-port of the inland town of Philippi, which was distant about 10 miles. From this port Paul embarked on his last journey to Jerusalem (Acts 20:6). It is identified with the modern Turco-Grecian Kavalla.