Paul wrote this letter in 51 AD from Corinth. He and Silas had begun preaching the gospel in Macedonian Thessalonica, but were persecuted by the Jewish leaders. The uproar over their teachings was ...
Now within this circuit of the Aegean basin Paul basically has two or three major cities that serve as his mission bases. We know of the two cities up in \Macedonia, Phillipi and Thessalonica ...
The Holy Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica suffered in the third or fourth century. She was a slave of the Jewish woman Pautila (or Pantilla), wife of one of the military commanders of Thessalonica.
Paul and Silas were sent to preach to many groups, including Thessalonica and Berea. They particularly commended the people of Berea for their noble approach to receiving the message. So ...
As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead.