Cyprus

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

35.000° N, 33.000° E

• First Missionary Journeyc. AD 45
• Barnabas and Saul go to Cyprus
• Paul and Barnabas part waysc. AD 47
• Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem
• Journey to Rome beginsc. AD 56
• Paul's Journey to Romec. AD 56

Cyprus· Elishah· Chittim

Founded by

Kittim

• Κύπριος·Cyprus
• Κύπρος·Cyprus
• כִּתִּי·Cyprus
• אֱלִישָׁה·Elishahmeans “it is God; the lamb of God: God that gives help”

1. Numbers 24:24כִּתִּי · Cyprus
   Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
2. Isaiah 23:1כִּתִּי · Cyprus
   This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
3. Isaiah 23:12כִּתִּי · Cyprus
   He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
4. Jeremiah 2:10כִּתִּי · Cyprus
   Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
5. Ezekiel 27:6כִּתִּי · Cyprus
   Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
6. Ezekiel 27:7אֱלִישָׁה · Elishah
   Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.
7. Daniel 11:30כִּתִּי · Cyprus
   Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
8. Acts 4:36Κύπριος · Cyprus
   Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
9. Acts 11:19Κύπρος · Cyprus
   Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
10. Acts 11:20Κύπριος · Cyprus
    But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
11. Acts 13:4Κύπρος · Cyprus
    So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
12. Acts 15:39Κύπρος · Cyprus
    Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,
13. Acts 21:3Κύπρος · Cyprus
    After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
14. Acts 21:16Κύπριος · Cyprus
    Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
15. Acts 27:4Κύπρος · Cyprus
    After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.