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, he says, "Alexandrian, sailing to Italy." Probably they too had departed for Asia Minor to announce what had happened to Paul, as Aristarchus had for Macedonia.

   “And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria,.... Alexandria was the chief city in Egypt, built by Alexander the great, from whom it took its name; it was situated near the sea, and had a famous haven or port, which R.

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