A city in Lycia where Paul's ship stopped
Myra
Named in 1 verse of Acts, first in Acts 27:5.
ΜύραMyra
The name means “I flow; pour out; weep.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Myra Written by AI
Myra was a city in Lycia, a region on the southern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). It is mentioned in the New Testament only once, in the account of Paul's journey to Rome as a prisoner (Act.27.5). Paul and his companions, under the custody of a centurion named Julius, sailed from Caesarea to Sidon, then to Myra. At Myra, they boarded an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy. Myra was a major port city in ancient times, known for its trade and commerce.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
One of the chief towns of Lycia, in Asia Minor, about 2 1/2 miles from the coast (Acts 27:5). Here Paul removed from the Adramyttian ship in which he had sailed from Caesarea, and entered into the Alexandrian ship, which was afterwards wrecked at Melita (27:39-44).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- 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.
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