And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
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Glossary
- Cilicia Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Tarsus.
- City People
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The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).
- Lycia Place
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A wolf, a province in the south-west of Asia Minor, opposite the island of Rhodes. It forms part of the region now called Tekeh. It was a province of the Roman empire when visited by Paul ( Acts 21:1 ; 27:5 ). Modern identification: Lycia.
- Myra Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Myra.
- Pamphylia Place
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Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia ( Acts 13:13 , 14).