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Place · Region

Lycia

Named in 1 verse, first in Acts 27:5.

Where

Coordinates

36.5137° N, 29.1296° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

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Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed by a related feature nearby.

Matched to an entry in an ancient-world gazetteer, and the match was checked by the dataset’s editors. Gazetteer entry

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Dataset notes

Province later combined; lycia et pamphylia

Left by the dataset’s contributors; not reviewed by us.

People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

Paulrecorded as here, 2 events
Aristarchusrecorded as here, 2 events
Juliusrecorded as here, 2 events
Luke2 events

In the Bible

All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Acts

Acts 27:5
And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

Events here

Events the dataset sets at Lycia. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. AD 56
Journey to Rome beginsActs 27:1–12
c. AD 56
Paul's Journey to RomeActs 27:1–28:31

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 wolf, a province in the south-west of Asia Minor, opposite the island of Rhodes. It forms part of the region now called Tekeh. It was a province of the Roman empire when visited by Paul (Acts 21:1; 27:5). Two of its towns are mentioned, Patara (21:1, 2) and Myra (27:5).

In the Bible

Acts

Events here

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