Samos
Samos is an island in the Aegean Sea where Paul stopped during his third missionary journey.
The name Samos means “full of gravel”
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Summary
A location only mentioned at Acts 20:15; only referred to as Samos (Σάμος).
Location
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 37.750° N, 26.833° E
Events
Dates are approximate
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- ΣάμοςSamos
Mentions
- Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.