Myra was a city in Lycia, Asia Minor, where Paul's ship stopped on his journey to Rome as a prisoner.
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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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).
an important town in Lycia, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, on the river Andriacus, 21 miles from its mouth referred to in (Acts 27:5) Myra (named Dembra by the Greeks) Is remarkable still for its remains of various periods of history.
MY'RA (flowing, weeping), an ancient port in Lycia, on the south-west coast of Asia Minor. Acts 27:5. It was on the river Andriacus, about 2 1/2 miles from its mouth. The magnificent ruins of the city stand upon a hill not far from the sea.
MY'RA (flowing, weeping), an ancient port in Lycia, on the south-west coast of Asia Minor. Acts 27:5. It was on the river Andriacus, about 2 1/2 miles from its mouth. The magnificent ruins of the city stand upon a hill not far from the sea.
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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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