Atlas Biblica

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    Mitylene

    Μιτυλήνη

    Mitylene, a city on the island of Lesbos where Paul's ship stopped on his way to Jerusalem (Act.20.14).

    Where the story of Mitylene happens Where the gazetteer locates Mitylene, framed to them: Mitylene. 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.Mitylene
    Where the gazetteer locates Mitylene
    verses
    1
    first named
    Acts 20:14
    last named
    Acts 20:15
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    39.11°N · 26.55°E
    settlement39.11°N · 26.55°E

    ancient theater at Mitylene (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Mitylene in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Mitylene was the capital city of the island of Lesbos, located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in Act.20.14, as a stop on the Apostle Paul's journey from Troas to Jerusalem. Paul had traveled by foot from Troas to Assos, while his companions sailed to Assos, where they took Paul on board and sailed to Mitylene. The city was known for its beauty, culture, and literary heritage, being the birthplace of the famous poets Sappho and Alcaeus. In the Greco-Roman period, Mitylene was a prosperous and influential city, with a well-developed harbor and a strategic location on trade routes.

    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 Mitylene 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
    Mitylene 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

      20:14

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    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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