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Perga

Pamphylia · today Aksu

A city in Pamphylia where John, also called Mark, abandons the journey and returns to Jerusalem: the desertion that later causes the quarrel between Paul and Barnabas.

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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 Pisidia PISIDIA Paphos Paphos Pamphylia PAMPHYLIA Attalia Attalia Jerusalem Jerusalem Perga Perga 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 7 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 PISIDIAN ANTIOCH · ATTALIA · JERUSALEM · PAMPHYLIA AND 2 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of ruins at Perga.

Panorama of ruins at Perga.

PHOTO: Saffron Blaze CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Attalia ABOUT 10 MI (16 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Pisidian Antioch ABOUT 95 MI (150 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 7 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Paphos ABOUT 180 MI (280 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 13 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 440 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.

2 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 36.9604, 30.8537

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ON WIKIDATA · Q719815