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Place · Region

Mysia

Named in 2 verses, first in Acts 16:7.

In the Bible

All 2 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Acts

  • Acts 16:7

    And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.

  • Acts 16:8

    So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

Events here

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

  1. no date
    Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and AsiaActs 16:6–8

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 province in the north-west of Asia Minor. On his first voyage to Europe (Acts 16:7, 8) Paul passed through this province and embarked at its chief port Troas.

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