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MYRA

(Gk. Mýra)

A major city of Lycia (near modern Dembre), ca. 4-5 km. (2.5-3 mi.) from the Mediterranean. Under the Romans it was capital of the province of Lycia. With its port Andriaca, Myra was an important trading center. Here the escort taking Paul to Rome changed ships (Acts 27:5-6). Some manuscripts add “and Myra” after “Patara” in the account of Paul’s journey toward Jerusalem in Acts 21:1. The apocryphal Acts of Paul contains stories of Paul’s preaching and cures at Myra. St. Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop of Myra, later revered as Santa Claus.

Douglas Low






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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