Place
Chios
Aegean island
Aegean island where Paul's ship anchored for a night during the return leg of his third missionary journey (Acts 20).
Who or what is this?
An Aegean island off the western coast of Minor, lying opposite the peninsula of Erythrae. Chios appears in the New Testament only in a single travel note in Acts 20, where 's ship, sailing from and Mitylene on the return leg of the third missionary journey, anchors off the island for a night before continuing south toward and then . The island itself plays no further role in the biblical narrative; it serves simply as a waypoint in 's careful itinerary of Paul's farewell voyage toward .
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Modern location: Chios. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
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