Reference: Neapolis

Now called Napoli, Acts 16.11, a maritime city of Macedonia, near the borders of Thrace, whither Paul came from the isle of Samothracia. From Neapolis he went to Philippi.

new city, a town in Thrace at which Paul first landed in Europe (Ac 16:11). It was the sea-port of the inland town of Philippi, which was distant about 10 miles. From this port Paul embarked on his last journey to Jerusalem (Ac 20:6). It is identified with the modern Turco-Grecian Kavalla.

1. In Macedonia, the port of Philippi, ten miles off, where first in Europe Paul landed (Ac 16:11). The Turkish Kavalla. The mountains, including Mount Symbolum, form a noble background. Among the remains are those of Roman work in the substructions of a massive aqueduct, built on two tiers of arches, and carrying water from twelve miles' distance along the sides of Symbolum over the valley between the promontory and the mainland into Kavalla. The harbour has good anchorage. Dion Cassius (Hist. Romans 47:35) mentions Neapolis as opposite Thasos, which is the position of Kavalla.

2. Equates to Shechem in Old Testament, Sychar in New Testament Now Nablus, corrupted from Neapolis.

The harbour of Philippi, at which St. Paul landed (Ac 16:11) after sailing from Troas. It lay on the coast of Macedonia opposite Thasos, being situated on a, promontory with a harbour on each side. It was about 10 miles from Philippi. The Via Egnatia from Dyrrhachium, after passing through Thessalonica, Amphipolis, and Philippi, reached the coast again at Neapolis, and the regular course of travellers to Asia was not to continue farther by land, but to cross by ship to Troas. The modern name of Neapolis is Kavalla.

A. E. Hillard.

Neap'olis

Seaport in Macedonia, where Paul first landed in Europe. Ac 16:11. It is now called Kavala.

Ne-ap'olis

(new city) is the place in northern Greece where Paul and his associates first landed in Europe.

Ac 16:11

where, no doubt, he landed also on his second visit to Macedonia,

Ac 20:1

and whence certainly he embarked on his last journey through that province to Troas and Jerusalem.

Ac 20:6

Philippi being an inland town, Neapolis was evidently the port, and is represented by the present Kavalla. (Kavalla is a city of 5000 or 6000 inhabitants, Greeks and Turks. Neapolis was situated within the bounds of Thrace, ten miles from Philippi, on a high rocky promontory jutting out into the AEgean Sea, while a temple of Diana crowned the hill-top. --ED.)