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    Chios

    Χίος

    Chios was an island in the Aegean Sea where Paul's ship stopped during his journey to Jerusalem.

    Where the story of Chios happens Where the gazetteer locates Chios, framed to them: Chios. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Chios
    Where the gazetteer locates Chios
    verses
    1
    first named
    Acts 20:15
    last named
    Acts 20:15
    feature
    island
    coordinates
    38.37°N · 26.14°E
    island38.37°N · 26.14°E

    Chios (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Chios in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Chios is mentioned only once in the Bible, in Act.20.15, as one of the stops on Paul's journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem. After leaving Troas, Paul and his companions sailed to Samothrace, then to Neapolis, and finally arrived at Chios.

    Chios is an island located in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of modern-day Turkey. It was known for its strategic location along the shipping routes between Asia Minor and Greece. The island was famous for its wine production and its cultivation of mastic, a resin used for medicinal purposes and as a spice.

    In Paul's time, Chios was part of the Roman Empire and had a significant Jewish population. The brief mention of Chios in the book of Acts suggests that it was a regular stop for ships navigating the Aegean Sea and that Paul's journey followed the established maritime trade routes of the time.

    Although the Bible does not provide any further details about Paul's activities or experiences on Chios, the island's inclusion in the account of his journey highlights the geographical scope of his travels and the spread of the early Christian church throughout the Mediterranean world.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends of an edge always agree. Neither end of one reaches this entity.

    Not stated

    Nothing stands in a stated relation with this entity.

    The pattern

    Where Chios is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKSACTS1 VERSE43 books and 1,018 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKSACTS1 VERSE43 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Chios is named in 1 verse — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 65 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. Acts1 verse

      20:15

    Onward

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    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

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