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PPllaacceess iinn AAccttss —Page 7, Laodicea to Media

This page contains information about places mentioned in the book of Acts. Laodicea, Lasea, Libya, , Lycia, Lydda, Lystra, Macedonia, Media.

Laodicea

Pronounced Lay-oh-diss-ee'-uh

A town in Asia east of .

Location of one of "the seven churches of Asia" (Revelation 1:4,11).

Lasea

Pronounced Lass-ee'-uh

A town on the sheltered southern shores of Crete.

Mentioned in connection with Paul’s journey to Rome.(:7-8).

Mentioned in Libya

Pronounced Lib'-ee-yuh

Part of Africa that falls south of Crete.

People from parts of Libya around Cyrene were in on the day of after Christ’s resurrection (:9-11).

Lycaonia

Pronounced Lie-cone'-ee-yuh

Region around Iconium, Lystra and , below Pisidia.

Mentioned in connection with Paul’s 1st missionary journey (:6). Lycia

Pronounced Liss'-ee-yuh

A region south of Ephesus, similar in size to, and southwest of, Pamphylia.

Mentioned in connection with Paul’s journey to Rome.

Myra and were two cities in Lycia (Acts 27:5).

Lydda

Pronounced Lid'-uh

Also called Lod.

City on the highway between Jerusalem and Joppa, about 16km from Joppa.

At Lydda Peter healed of his disease (:32-38). Lystra

Pronounced List'-ruh

A Lycaonian town between Iconium and Derbe.

Mentioned in connection with Paul’s 1st missionary journey.

There Paul healed a man lame from birth, and as a result Paul and were almost made gods (Acts 14:8-18).

Paul and Barnabas revisited Lystra (Acts 14:21).

Timothy lived there (:1-4).

Paul met with persecution at Lystra (2Timothy 3:11).

Macedonia

Pronounced Mass-uh-doan'-ee-uh (some pronounce the first syllable as Mack-) Region north of Achaia or Greece.

Philippi and Thessalonica were principle cities.

Mentioned in connection with Paul’s 2nd and 3rd missionary journeys.

Paul was called by a vision to preach there (Acts 16:9-12).

Paul did much preaching there (:1,3, 1Corinthians 16:5, 2Corinthians 2:13, 7:5).

The Christians in Macedonia helped each other and sent aid to Christians elsewhere (Romans 15:26, 2Corinthians 8:1-4, 2Corinthians 11:9, 1Thessalonians 4:9-10).

The region was evangelised from Thessalonica (1Thessalonians 1:8).

Media

Media, Parthia, and Elam are regions east of Cappadocia and Mesopotamia.

Medes, Elamites, and Parthians were in in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost after Christ’s resurrection (Acts 2:9-11). Maps by Ron Graham simplybible.com /f758-acts-laodicea-to-media.htm Copyright © 2005 Ron Graham All rights reserved. This document is subject to the same copyright conditions and permissions as simplybible.com the associated website. You can print, copy, and share this document, but do not put it on the internet. For full information go to simplybible.com/dcopyrt.htm