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Place · City

Troas

Named in 6 verses across 3 books, first in Acts 16:8.

Where

Coordinates

39.7514° N, 26.1577° EOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

Identification

Not assessed

The dataset gives no precision for this point.

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.

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, 4 events
Timotheusrecorded as here, 3 events
Silasrecorded as here, 2 events
Luke3 events
Aristarchusrecorded as here, 1 event
Tychicusrecorded as here, 1 event
Trophimusrecorded as here, 1 event
Sopaterrecorded as here, 1 event
Eutychusrecorded as here, 1 event
Gaius (of Derbe)recorded as here, 1 event
Secundusrecorded as here, 1 event
Holy Spirit1 event
God1 shared verse
Jesus Christ1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 6 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Acts

Acts 16:8
So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
Acts 16:11
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
Acts 20:5
These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.
Acts 20:6
And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.

2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 2:12
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

2 Timothy

2 Timothy 4:13
When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.

Events here

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

no date
Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and AsiaActs 16:6–8
no date
Call to MacedoniaActs 16:9–12
no date
Mission to Macedonia and GreeceActs 20:1–6
no date
Eutychus revivedActs 20:7–12

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 coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor, named after ancient Troy, which was at some little distance from it (about 4 miles) to the north. Here Paul, on his second missionary journey, saw the vision of a “man of Macedonia,” who appeared to him, saying, “Come over, and help us” (Acts 16:8-11). He visited this place also on other occasions, and on one of these visits he left his cloak and some books there (2 Cor. 2:12; 2 Tim. 4:13). The ruins of Troas extend over many miles, the site being now mostly covered with a forest of oak trees. The modern name of the ruins is Eski Stamboul i.e., Old Constantinople.