Seleucia
Seleucia was the port city from which Paul and Barnabas sailed to Cyprus on their first missionary journey.
The name Seleucia means “shaken or beaten by the waves”
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Summary
Location
- Identified as
- Seleucia Pieria
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 36.124° N, 35.922° E
Events
Dates are approximate
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- ΣελεύκειαSeleucia
Mentions
- So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.