Nov. 8th: Dez

Philippi and its Jailer

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Philippi

Acts 16 takes place mostly in Philippi, a military colony with unparalleled significance for Roman history. It was there, in 42 BCE, that the Republic died at the so-called Liberators Civil War, after which imperial commanders retired…