NarrowHighway

A card from a free library — ask anything, no account, works offline. Every card carries its source.

Easton: Perga

easton place m p

The capital of Pamphylia, on the coast of Asia Minor. Paul and his companions landed at this place from Cyprus on their first missionary journey (Acts 13:13, 14), and here Mark forsook the party and returned to Jerusalem. Some time afterwards Paul and Barnabas again visited this city and “preached the word” (14:25). It stood on the banks of the river Cestrus, some 7 miles from its mouth, and was a place of some commercial importance. It is now a ruin, called Eski Kalessi.

source
Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) · Perga ↗
card id
card_n_aeaedd230237

related in the keeping ↗ · raw JSON ↗

adjoining cards

Is this card incomplete? Tell the library — it will call out for more ↗