Myra

How Nave’s arranged it

• A city of Lycia; Paul visitsActs 27:5Acts 27:6

The passages, in Bible order (2)

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1. Acts 27:5

   And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

   ›Commentary on Acts 27:52 voices

   “And sailing through the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Lystrus, which is of Lycia. For Lystrus, in Greek, it is written Smyrna, for which Jerome in the book of Hebrew names puts Myra: which I think is found thus in some Codices, …

   “The sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia - The sea which lies off the, coast from these two regions. For their situation, see the notes on Act 6:9, and Act 13:13. We came to Myra, a city of Lycia - Lycia was a province in the southwestern part of Asia Minor, having Phrygia and Pisidia on the north, the Mediterranean on the south, Pamphylia on the east, and Carla on the west.

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2. Acts 27:6

   There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

   ›Commentary on Acts 27:62 voices

   “A ship of Alexandria - It appears, from Act 27:38, that this ship was laden with wheat, which she was carrying from Alexandria to Rome. We know that the Romans imported much corn from Egypt, together with different articles of Persian and Indian merchandise.

   “Alexandria was now the chief city of Egypt, and great trading there was between that city and Italy; from Alexandria they carried corn to Rome, and the East-India goods and Persian which they imported at the Red Sea they exported again to all parts of the Mediterranean, and especially to Italy.

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