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TROAS

(Gk. Trōás)

A principal seaport on the Aegean Sea located in northwest Asia Minor ca. 20 km. (12 mi.) SSW of ancient Troy (Ilium). The city was founded as Antigonia ca. 310 by Antigonus, the successor of Alexander the Great. After defeating Antigonus, Lysimachus renamed it Alexandria Troas after Alexander the Great (301). One of the more important cities of the Roman Empire, Troas came into Roman possession in 133 and became a Roman colony under Augustus.

Luke places Paul in Troas twice. From Troas Paul sailed to Macedonia in response to a vision (Acts 16:8-11). The first “we” passage occurs here, suggesting that Luke joined Paul at Troas. Paul also spent a week at Troas on his way to Jerusalem after his third journey (Acts 20:5-12). There Paul revived Eutychus after he tumbled from a window during Paul’s sermon.

Paul mentions one visit to Troas (2 Cor. 2:12-13) which is thought to be a separate visit made between those recorded in Acts. According to 2 Tim. 4:13 Paul left a cloak, books, and parchments at Troas. Neither Paul nor Luke discuss the founding of the church at Troas.

Bibliography. J. H. M. Cook, The Troad: An Archaeological and Topographical Study (Oxford, 1973), esp. 198-204; C. J. Hemer, “Alexandria Troas,” TynBul 26 (1975): 79-112.

Richard S. Ascough

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TROAS

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)