| Josephus | | | limits are variously | | | | stated by ancient | | | | writers. | | | | =PHILADELPHIA= |Rev. i. 11; |_Alla Shehr_ |-- |A city on the confines | iii. 7 | | | of Lydia and Phrygia. | | | | Now called Alla Shehr. | | | | Was the seat of one of | | | | the seven Churches of | | | | Asia. (Grove’s _B. I._) | | | | =PHILIPPI= |Acts xvi. 12; |Near |-- |A city of Macedonia, | xx. 6; 1 | _Bereketli_ | | its seaport Neapolis | Thess. ii. 2 | | | is now called Kavalla. | | | | (Grove’s _B. I._) | | | | =PHRYGIA= |Acts ii. 10; | |-- |In west central Asia | xvi. 6; | | | Minor. | xviii. 23; | | | | Ant. iii. 4; | | | | 16 Ant. ii. | | | | 2; 4 Wars | | | | xi. 1 | | | | | | | =PISIDIA= |Acts xiii. | |-- |In Asia Minor, north of | 14; xiv. | | | Pamphylia. (Grove’s | 24; 13 Ant. | | | _B. I._) | xiii. 5 | | | | | | | =POTTER’S |Matt. xxvii. 7| |-- |The traditional site is FIELD, THE= | | | | at Aceldama, which see. | | | | =PRÆTORIUM= |Matt. xxvii. | |-- |The head-quarters of (R.V. =THE | 27; Mark xv. | | | the Roman Governor at PALACE=) | 16; John | | | Jerusalem. The Common | xviii. 28, | | | Hall, or Hall of | 33; xix. 9; | | | Judgment. | Acts xxiii. | | | | 35; Philip | | | | i. 13 | | | | | | | =PTOLEMAIS= |Acts xxi. 7; |_Akka_ | 6 |The modern town of | Jos. Life | | | Akka. The Accho of | 22, 24, 43, | | | Judges i. 31 and the | 65, 74, | | | Talmud. See _O. T. S._ | etc., etc. | | |