Place · City
Lasea
Named in 1 verse, first in Acts 27:8.
In the Bible
All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Acts
- Acts 27:8
After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
Events here
Events the dataset sets at Lasea. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. AD 56Journey to Rome begins
- c. AD 56Paul's Journey to Rome
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
A city in the island of Crete (Acts 27:8). Its ruins are still found near Cape Leonda, about 5 miles east of “Fair Havens.”