Lasea, a city near Fair Havens on the island of Crete (Act.27.8).
Lasea is mentioned in Act.27.8 as a city located near Fair Havens on the island of Crete. The verse states that Paul's ship, while on its way to Rome, "sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone, and with difficulty coasting along it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea."
Approximate location: 34.935, 24.809 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas
(Acts 27:8) a city of Crete, the ruins of which were discovered in 1856, a few miles to the eastward of Fair Havens.
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After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
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