Corinth

The ancient city of Corinth was the capital for the Roman province of Achaia (which included the Peloponnesian Peninsula as well as the southern region of mainland Greece).   As a result, there would have been a large military…

“One night the Lord Jesus Christ spoke to Paul in a vision:  ‘Do not be afraid;  keep on speaking, do not be silent.  For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you,…

Recently Hubby and I were away for a brief reprieve.   The past 6 months have been incredibly difficult and exhausting for us  (in relation to caregiving for aging parents).   It was very helpful to get away for a…

Someone had surgery yesterday.   Hubby has just now left to go down to the hospital to bring said someone back home.    Something was not working in the body.   A skilled surgeon needed to take a surgical scalpel and…

Paul settled down working a normal job in Corinth making tents alongside Aquila and Priscilla, while “every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.”  - Acts 18:4    “When Silas and Timothy came from…

We read in Acts 18:1-4:   “After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.  There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had…

Having crossed the isthmus and looking back north towards mainland Greece, this is the view Paul would have seen just before arriving in Corinth.   Turning to look south towards Corinth, an enormous rock monolith rises out of the…

“So  …  where exactly is Corinth?” you might be wondering.   I took a screenshot of my map app on my phone so you could see where Corinth is in relation to Athens.   Corinth is basically due west of…