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Myra

City / town Β· Modern: Demre, Turkey Β· Lycia

A city of Lycia on the southern coast of Asia Minor. At its port the centurion escorting Paul transferred the prisoners to an Alexandrian grain ship bound for Italy (Acts 27:5-6).

Where in scripture

[5] When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. [6] There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

Acts 27:5–6 β€” cited in the description of Myra

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Acts 27:5–6

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