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Act 16:12. Πρώτη τῆς μερίδος, first of that part) The Hither (nearer) part of Macedonia, towards Asia, contained Neapolis: the more remote part contained Philippi: the river Strymon flowed between. No cause is assigned why they passed by Neapolis: perhaps there was no synagogue there, at least no reason for stopping there. The first town after that, which was also, according to the order of their way, in that part of Macedonia, was Philippi. The article has a demonstrative force. It is a needless conjecture, to propose reading πρώτης for πρώτη τῆς. See Baumg. I. H. E., 318.-κολωνία) A colony, viz. a Roman one.[95] Xiphilinus acutes the penult, κολωνία.[96]
[95] And therefore the Greek term ἀποικία is not used, but the Latin, colonia.-E. and T.
[96] So ACDE; and so Lachm. But B has κολώνεια, acuted on the antepenult.-E. and T.