. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . cial and local; he excels in the minute-ness of his groupings, while the general viv-idness of his manner imparts an intense in-terest to all that he delivers. It appears thatthe scene of his ministry was Wheth-er he left that place in consequence of the in-terdicttbf Amaziah the priest, is not to tradition, he afterward return-ed to his native place, where he died, andwas buried with his fath
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . cial and local; he excels in the minute-ness of his groupings, while the general viv-idness of his manner imparts an intense in-terest to all that he delivers. It appears thatthe scene of his ministry was Wheth-er he left that place in consequence of the in-terdicttbf Amaziah the priest, is not to tradition, he afterward return-ed to his native place, where he died, andwas buried with his fathers; but no depend-ence can be placed on this tradition. Amphipolis, a city of Macedonia, throughwhich Paul and Silas passed on their wayfrom Philippi to Thessalonica. It was dis-tant 33 Roman miles from Philippi. Itstood upon an eminence on the left or east-ern bank of the Eiver Strymon, just below itsegress from the Lake Cercinitis, and at thedistance of about three miles from the site is now occupied by a village calledNeoMorio, in Turkish Jeni-Keni, or NewTown. [Acts xvii., 1.] Amulet. It appears to have been a gener-al custom in ancient times, by no means ob-. 1. Modern Oriental 2, 3, 4, 5. Ancient solete at the present day, for persons to en-deavor to secure themselves against witch-
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