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the Sea of Marmora on the East to Bithynia and Phrygia, on the South to Lydia, and on the West to Hellespont. According to some authors it included the Troad.
Where is Mysia in the Bible?
Mysia was a region in northwest Asia Minor, located in what is now Turkey, bounded by the Sea of Marmara to the east, Bithynia and Phrygia to the south, Lydia to the south, and the Hellespont to the west. The region appears in the Book of Acts as part of Paul's second missionary journey, when he and his companions passed through Mysia on their way to Troas. Key New Testament cities in Mysia included Assos, Troas, and Adramyttium, which served as important centers for early Christian ministry. When Mysia became part of the Roman province of Asia in 190 BC, it gradually became known by the name Hellespontus instead of its traditional designation.
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Mysia
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)the Sea of Marmora on the East to Bithynia and Phrygia, on the South to Lydia, and on the West to Hellespont. According to some authors it included the Troad. Its history is chiefly that of important cities, of which Assos, Troas, and Adramyttium on the border of Lydia, are mentioned in the New Testament. When Mysia became a part of the Roman province of Asia in 190 BC, its old name fell into disuse, and it was then generally known as the Hellespontus. According to Ac 16:7,8, Paul passed through the country, but without stopping to preach, until he reached Troas on the coast, yet tradition says that he founded churches at Poketos and Cyzicus. Onesiphorus, who was martyred some time between 109 and 114 AD, during the proconsulate of Adrian, is supposed to have evangelized this part of Asia. See The Expository Times, IX, 495 f.
E. J. Banks
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