Acts 20:2

"And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece"Gone through those parts": That is, gone through Macedonian territory. During this time, Paul not only wrote Second Corinthians, he also probably revisited the congregations in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea. Some commentators also have Paul preaching as far as Illyricum (Romans 15:19), which was. Roman province in the Balkan Peninsula that stretched along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea from Italy to Macedonia. Stott notes, "It is likely also to have been during this period that Paul traveled further west along the Egnatian Way than he had previously gone, reaching even Illyricum on the Adriatic coast north of Macedonia" (p. 316). "Given them much exhortation": "Encouraging the people at length" (Mof). "Speaking frequently" (Rieu). "Paul is again following his usual custom of revisiting the churches he had planted, to give them further instruction in the Gospel (Acts 15:41; Acts 18:23; Acts 14:22)" (Reese p. 728). The time period between Paul's exit from Ephesus and his arrival in Corinth has probably been around. year. The writing of Second Corinthians is then dated late summer or early fall of A.D. 56 or 57. "He came into Greece": The Roman province of Achaia. Perhaps he also visited brethren in Athens and Cenchrea at this time.