Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ptolemais?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Acre.

First appears in Acts 21:7 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Acre.

Ptolemais is represented in the local geography layer as Acre. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Acts 21:7 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Canaan

About 30 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 46 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 73 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 122 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ptolemais today

Travel to Ptolemais, the modern-day Acre.

Ptolemais is commonly identified with Acre, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Ptolemais is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Acre

32.921°N · 35.069°E

Key passages

Appears in

Acts

1 chapter · 1 verse mention