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Miletus

Named in 3 verses across 2 books, first in Acts 20:15.

In the Bible

All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Acts

Acts 20:15
Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
Acts 20:17
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

2 Timothy

2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.

Events here

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

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Voyage to MiletusActs 20:13–16
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Paul speaks to Ephesian EldersActs 20:17–38

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

(Miletum, 2 Tim. 4:20), a seaport town and the ancient capital of Ionia, about 36 miles south of Ephesus. On his voyage from Greece to Syria, Paul touched at this port, and delivered that noble and pathetic address to the elders (“presbyters,” ver. 28) of Ephesus recorded in Acts 20:15-35. The site of Miletus is now some 10 miles from the coast.