SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Lystra

Lycaonia · today Hatunsaray

Where the crowd takes Paul for Hermes after he heals a lame man. Soon after, they stone him in the same city.

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Λύστρα Lystra Greek

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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 Pisidian Antioch Pisidian Antioch Lycaonia LYCAONIA Iconium Iconium Derbe Derbe Lystra Lystra 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 5 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 ICONIUM · DERBE · PISIDIAN ANTIOCH · LYCAONIA, named in the same passages

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An inscription found at Lystra.

An inscription found at Lystra.

PHOTO: Dosseman CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Iconium ABOUT 20 MI (33 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Pisidian Antioch ABOUT 79 MI (130 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 6 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 430 MI (700 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

6 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 37.6017, 32.3384

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ON WIKIDATA · Q535982