# 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.

## Ancient names

- Perge: Latin

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/639048).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i95439e.jpg (Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perge_city_overview.jpg).

## Passages

- **Acts 13:13-14** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/13
- **Acts 14:25** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/14/25

## Coordinates

36.9604, 30.8537

## Straight-line distances

- **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 the reference maps

- **Paul's journeys**: 1st journey (Acts 13:13 · 14:25). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/perga
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719815
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).