SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Cyprus

Mediterranean · today Cyprus · approximate location

Home island of Barnabas and the first missionary destination. Crossed from east to west on the first journey.

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Syria SYRIA Sidon Sidon Seleucia Seleucia Salamis Salamis Phoenicia PHOENICIA Paphos Paphos Kedar KEDAR Cyrene Cyrene Caesarea Caesarea Bashan BASHAN Tyre Tyre Antioch Antioch Cyprus CYPRUS 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH SALAMIS · TYRE · ANTIOCH · PAPHOS AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of the coast of Cyprus.

Panorama of the coast of Cyprus.

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12 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 35.0000, 33.0000

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