# Miletus

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The port where Paul says goodbye to the elders of Ephesus, knowing he will not see them again. The most personal speech in Acts.

## Ancient names

- Μίλητος (Miletos): Greek
- Μιλήσιοι (Miléisioi): Greek
- Miletus: Latin
- Millawa(n)da: Hittite

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599799).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/ib0ac37.jpg (Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Theater_of_Miletus.jpg).

## Passages

- **Acts 20:15-38** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/15
- **Acts 20:15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/15
- **Acts 20:17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/17
- **2 Timothy 4:20** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/4/20

## Coordinates

37.5311, 27.2756

## Straight-line distances

- **Trogyllium**: about 17 mi (28 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot
- **Ephesus**: about 28 mi (46 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot
- **Corinth**: about 240 mi (390 km) in a straight line, 17 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 600 mi (970 km) in a straight line

## In the reference maps

- **Paul's journeys**: 3rd journey (Acts 20:15-38). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/miletus
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