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    Derbe

    Δερβαῖος

    Derbe, a city in Lycaonia, was visited by Paul during his missionary journeys.

    Where the story of Derbe happensDerbe, and 8 places the claims reach, framed to them: Derbe, Troas, Galatia, Lystra, Mysia, Neapolis, Philippi, Phrygia, Samothrace. 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.DerbeTroasGalatiaMysiaNeapolisPhilippiPhrygiaSamothrace
    Derbe, and 8 places the claims reach
    verses
    4
    first named
    Acts 14:6
    last named
    Acts 20:4
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    37.35°N · 33.36°E
    settlement37.35°N · 33.36°E

    Kerti Hüyük (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Derbe in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Derbe was a city in the region of Lycaonia, located in modern-day Turkey. It was one of the cities visited by Paul and Barnabas during their first missionary journey after they were forced to flee from Iconium (Act.14.6). In Derbe, they preached the gospel and made many disciples (Act.14.20-21). On Paul's second missionary journey, he revisited Derbe, where he met Timothy, who became his faithful companion and co-worker (Act.16.1). Gaius, one of Paul's travel companions, was also from Derbe (Act.20.4). The city was located on the eastern edge of the Roman province of Galatia and was known for its fertile soil and agricultural production.

    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.

    Associated with

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 7 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 — 4, across 1 book.

    1. Acts4 verses

      14:614:2016:120:4

    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 Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of Brothers and They, Paul, and Barnabas’ preachingPaulApostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistlesvia They, Paul, and Barnabas’ preachingBarnabasA Levite from Cyprus who accompanied Paul on missionary journeys.via They, Paul, and Barnabas’ preachingPreachingPreaching is a concept gathering 27 labelled instances in the text.via Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersBithyniaA region in Asia Minorvia Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersGalatiaA region in Asia Minor, recipient of Paul's epistle.via Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersJesusThe Son of God and Savior of the world.via Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersJourneyJourney is a concept gathering 74 labelled instances in the text.via Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersMacedoniaA region in northern Greece; Paul preached therevia Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersMysiaA region in northwest Asia Minor visited by Paul

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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