Place · City
Ptolemais
Named in 1 verse, first in Acts 21:7.
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Acco.
In the Bible
All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Acts
- Acts 21:7
When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
Events here
Events the dataset sets at Ptolemais. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- no dateVoyage from Miletus to Jerusalem
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 maritime city of Galilee (Acts 21:7). It was originally called “Accho” (q.v.), and received the name Ptolemais from Ptolemy Soter when he was in possession of Coele-Syria.