We were tired. We had an very early flight from Tel Aviv to Athens. Israeli security requests 3 hours minimum before a flight departs. So we got up in the morning by 2 AM for our 3 AM checkout, one hour drive, and arrival for our 7 AM flight. Everything went smoothly and helped with enough caffeine. We were in Greece by mid morning.
Martha, our coordinator, and tour guide Thena, met us and we promptly headed south to the region of Ancient Corinth.
We visited the old Corinth harbor at Cenchreae where the apostle Paul once arrived and sailed from.
We lunched along the Corinth Canal, and lastly we walked the streets of Ancient Corinth.
Paul was definitely here at one time, as were many other notable Bible followers of Christ. Many places he may have walked are conjecture - the forum, the main street to the port, perhaps the shops or places in the water district area. But one place we know for sure Paul stood was the Beme, the judgement seat of Corinth.
Here Paul prepared to defend himself before the Roman pro counsel, only to see his case dismissed.
Paul’s influence and memory of what he taught (and the One he taught about) has long outlasted the city where he spent over 18 months.
Later we drove down the coast to Nafplio, a town along the shore of the Argolic Gulf in the Eastern Peloponnese in the south of Greece. It had been a long but filling day, and we looked forward to a couple of days to reset and renew.
As the Apostle Paul once wrote to the very city we had just visited: "That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day." (2 Corinthians 4:16)
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