Place · City
Syracuse
Named in 1 verse, first in Acts 28:12.
In the Bible
All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Acts
- Acts 28:12
Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
Events here
Events the dataset sets at Syracuse. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. AD 56Paul's Journey to Rome
- c. AD 57Paul arrives at 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 on the south-east coast of Sicily, where Paul landed and remained three days when on his way to Rome (Acts 28:12). It was distinguished for its magnitude and splendour. It is now a small town of some 13,000 inhabitants.