Back on Central Time

Finally! Eight days after returning to Dallas, I slept until 6:45 (as opposed to 1:45, 3:15, 4:45 AM). My mind is still full, though, of all the places I've seen.

I read now with new mental images about the journeys of Paul. Remember when he got to Troas and had a vision to go to Macedonia (Acts 16.7ff) ?

He went from there to Neapolis (v. 11), and then up over the pass into Philippi (v. 12). Outside of town lies the riverbank where he would have met Lydia, the first convert in Europe (v. 14). The agora (v. 19) lies adjacent to the Via Ignatia, and the prison (v. 24)--a dank hole---where he and Silas led the choir is about fifteen steps away.

Here you see the harbor site at Troas, the city of Neapolis from the pass to Philippi, the riverbank near where Lydia and the women gathered, the jail, and the agora remains.