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Acts 27:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.

Acts 27:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 27:5

Theological / Devotional

Sea of Cilicia. Or, “the sea off [the coast of] Cilicia and Pamphylia.” Myra. A city some 2 mi. (3 km.) from the coast, on the river Myros. It is now called Dembre by the Turks. This was not a usual port of call for ships sailing from Palestine to Rome. An ancient inscription names Myra as a storage place for grain, and the ship, being from Alexandria, may have been routed to unload grain there (v. 38). Egypt was the granary of the Roman Empire.

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