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    Cyprus

    כִּתִּיΚύπριος

    Cyprus, also referred to as Kittim and Elishah, was an island in the Mediterranean Sea that played a significant role in the spread of early Christianity.

    Where the story of Cyprus happensWhere the gazetteer locates Cyprus, framed to them: Cyprus. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Cyprus
    Where the gazetteer locates Cyprus
    verses
    15
    first named
    Numbers 24:24
    last named
    Acts 27:4
    feature
    island
    coordinates
    35.00°N · 33.00°E
    island35.00°N · 33.00°E

    Cyprus (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 6 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Cyprus in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Cyprus is an island located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, known in the Bible by various names, including Kittim and Elishah. In the Old Testament, the island is mentioned in the context of trade and prophecy. Isaiah 23:1, 12 and Jeremiah 2:10 refer to the ships of Kittim, indicating the island's involvement in maritime trade. Ezk.27.6 mentions the use of ivory from the coasts of Elishah (possibly Cyprus) in the construction of ships.

    In Numbers 24:24 and Dan.11.30, Kittim is associated with ships that come against the people of God, possibly referring to the island's role in military campaigns or as a base for hostile forces.

    In the New Testament, Cyprus plays a significant role in the spread of early Christianity. The apostle Barnabas, a Levite from Cyprus (Act.4.36), and some unnamed believers from the island were among the first to preach the gospel to the Gentiles in Antioch (Act.11.19-20). Barnabas and Saul (Paul) visited Cyprus during their first missionary journey (Act.13.4), where they encountered the sorcerer Elymas and converted the proconsul Sergius Paulus (Act.13.6-12).

    Later, Barnabas and Mark sailed to Cyprus after a disagreement with Paul (Act.15.39). Paul also visited the island during his third missionary journey (Act.21.3) and during his journey to Rome as a prisoner (Act.27.4).

    The early Christian community in Cyprus included Mnason, an early disciple who provided lodging for Paul and his companions in Jerusalem (Act.21.16).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 4 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 15, across 6 books.

    1. Numbers1 verse

      24:24

    2. Isaiah2 verses

      23:123:12

    3. Jeremiah1 verse

      2:10

    4. Ezekiel2 verses

      27:627:7

    5. Daniel1 verse

      11:30

    6. Acts8 verses

      4:3611:1911:2013:415:3921:321:1627:4

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Barnabas, Paul, and Companions’ travelBarnabasA Levite from Cyprus who accompanied Paul on missionary journeys.via Barnabas, Paul, and Companions’ travelMarkCousin of Barnabas, companion of Paul, author of Gospel.via Barnabas, Paul, and Companions’ travelPamphyliaA Roman province in Asia Minorvia Barnabas, Paul, and Companions’ travelPaulApostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistlesvia Barnabas, Paul, and Companions’ travelPergaA city in Pamphylia visited by Paulvia Barnabas, Paul, and Companions’ travelTravelTravel is a concept gathering 26 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    What happened here

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