Place · City
Troas
- Coordinates
- 39.7514, 26.1577
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
A city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor, named after ancient Troy, which was at some little distance from it (about 4 miles) to the north. Here Paul, on his second missionary journey, saw the vision of a “man of Macedonia,” who appeared to him, saying, “Come over, and help us” (Acts 16:8-11). He visited this place also on other occasions, and on one of these visits he left his cloak and some books there (2 Cor. 2:12; 2 Tim. 4:13). The ruins of Troas extend over many miles, the site being now mostly covered with a forest of oak trees. The modern name of the ruins is Eski Stamboul i.e., Old Constantinople.
Events here
- AD 47Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia · Acts 16:6–8 · Holy Spirit, Paul, Silas, Timotheus
- AD 47Call to Macedonia · Acts 16:9–12 · Luke, Paul, Silas, Timotheus
- AD 54Mission to Macedonia and Greece · Acts 20:1–6 · Aristarchus, Gaius, Luke, Paul, Secundus, Sopater, Timotheus, Trophimus, Tychicus
- AD 54Eutychus revived · Acts 20:7–12 · Eutychus, Luke, Paul