“帖撒罗尼迦”(THESsALONICA)城,是马其顿省一个重要的城市。古名称为”特耳米”(THERME),以后特耳米变成该处海湾之名,意即“温泉”。 名字由来 纪元前315年,马其顿王卡山德(CASSANDER)重建此城,以其后之名帖撒罗尼迦名之,意即“靠神得胜”。此后乃希腊王大亚力山大同父异母之妹,亚力山大父王腓力有一次战胜仇敌后,为其女儿所起此名,以记念其胜利。
我们再回过头来看看,保罗教给了帖撒罗尼迦人什么?
Let's back up again and say now so what did Paul teach to the Thessalonians?
10因为底马贪爱现今的世界,就离弃我往帖撒罗尼迦去了。
For Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica.
保罗和西拉,经过暗妃波里,亚波罗尼亚,来到帖撒罗尼迦,在那里有犹太人的会堂。
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the jews.
And the oldest one of those letters is 1 Thessalonians, probably,dated to around the year 50 or thereabouts.
而其中最早的是帖撒罗尼迦前书,它可能写于主后第50年左右。
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