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Achaia
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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This with Macedonia embraced the whole of Greece in the N.T.; but with the poets Achaia often referred to the whole of Greece. Under the Romans it was divided into two districts, Achaia being a senatorial province. Tiberias united the two districts into an imperial province under procurators; but Claudius again restored it to the senate under a proconsul, so that Luke was correct in calling Gallio a proconsul (ἀνθύπατος)or deputy. Acts 18:12; Acts 19:21; Romans 15:26; 1 Corinthians 16:15 , etc.
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Achaia'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/a/achaia.html. 1897.
Morrish, George. Entry for 'Achaia'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/a/achaia.html. 1897.
