Italy, a region in southern Europe, home to the Roman Empire.
Also known as Italian
Italy is mentioned several times in the New Testament as a region in southern Europe, home to the Roman Empire. In Act.18.2, we learn that Aquila, a Jew from Pontus, had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla due to the emperor Claudius' decree expelling all Jews from Rome. In Act.27.1, 6, Paul embarks on his journey to Rome, sailing on ships from Alexandria and Adramyttium that were bound for Italy. The author of Hebrews also mentions Italy, sending greetings from those who had come from there (Hebrews 13:24). Additionally, Act.10.1 mentions the Italian Regiment, a Roman military unit stationed in Caesarea. These references highlight the significant role Italy played in the early spread of Christianity and its connection to the Roman Empire.
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Acts 18:2; 27:1, 6; Heb. 13:24), like most geographical names, was differently used at different periods of history. As the power of Rome advanced, nations were successively conquered and added to it till it came to designate the whole country to the south of the Alps. There was constant intercourse between Palestine and Italy in the time of the Romans.
This word is used in the New Testament, (Acts 18:2; 27:1; Hebrews 13:24) in the usual sense of the period, i.e. in its true geographical sense, as denoting the whole natural peninsula between the Alps and the Straits of Messina.
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IT'ALY, a well-known country in the south of Europe, and including the whole of the peninsula west of the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of about 100,000 square miles and a population of over 25,000,000. It is named in the N.T. only three times: (1) as the country from which Aquila and Priscilla were expelled. Acts 18:2; (2) Paul sailed for Italy, Acts 27:1; and (3) in the Epistle to the Hebrews some of that country joined in the salutations sent. Heb 13:24.
IT'ALY, a well-known country in the south of Europe, and including the
whole of the peninsula west of the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of about 100,000 square miles and a population of over 25,000,000. It is named in the N.T. only three times: (1) as the country from which Aquila and Priscilla were expelled. Acts 18:2; (2) Paul sailed for Italy, Acts 27:1; and (3) in the Epistle to the Hebrews some of that country joined in the salutations sent. Heb 13:24.
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6 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s G2482
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
Grace be with all of you.
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