1 Tesalonika 1:1-10

Akhaya : a Roman province located in Greece along the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth
(37° 59´, 23° 44´)

Makedonia : a Roman province north of Greece which included 10 Roman colonies (IBD),citizens of the province of Macedonia
(40° 37´, 22° 55´)

Silas : a man who went with Peter and Paul on separate missionary journeys
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Silwanus : a man who was a leader in the Jerusalem church chosen to accompany Paul
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Timotius : a young man of Lystra who travelled with Paul and to whom two epistles were addressed