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Acts 27:5-6 |
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Paul's ship followed the coast northward from Sidon. They sailed on the eastern side of Cyprus, which offered some shelter from storms. They landed at the port of Myra on the southern coast of Asia. There the Roman officer who guarded Paul and the other prisoners found a ship that had come from Alexandria in Egypt and would take them to Rome. |
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Context: Myra was wan important city of Lycia in southwestern Asia Minor. There was a port on the coast, but the city itself was located several miles inland. The ship from Alexandria that Paul's guard found at Myra was probably carrying wheat from Egypt to Rome (cf. Acts 27:38). Myra had good relations with Rome, calling the emperors Augustus and Tiberius their saviors and benefactors. The legendary St. Nicholas, who was born at nearby Patara, was the bishop of Myra in the fourth century A.D.
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