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But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. [ 14 ] With this verse there is an "abrupt return" to summary mode and to the theme of Christian persecution . [ 7 ]
Iconium remained the seat of the metropolis until the 19th century, when it moved to Niğde, where the Greek Orthodox element was stronger. [5] During the Ottoman period, the Metropolitan of Iconium also received the former metropolis of Tyana , whence his full title was "Metropolitan of Iconium and Tyana, hypertimos and exarch of all Lycaonia ...
The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.
The site of Lystra is believed to be located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Konya (Iconium in the New Testament), north of the village of Hatunsaray and some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of a small town called Akoren. A small museum within the village of Hatunsaray displays artifacts from ancient Lystra.
Acts 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records the start of the second missionary journey of Paul, together with Silas and Timothy.
That author describes Iconium as the last city of Phrygia; and in Acts 14:6 Paul, after leaving Iconium, crossed the frontier and came to Lystra in Lycaonia. Ptolemy , on the other hand, includes Lycaonia as a part of the province of Cappadocia, with which it was associated by the Romans for administrative purposes; but the two countries are ...
During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah . In the late medieval period, Konya was the capital of the Seljuk Turks ' Sultanate of Rum , from where the sultans ruled over Anatolia.
The Bible testifies that Saint Paul of Tarsus and Silas went this way as they went through Syria and Cilicia. The Book of Galatians speaks of the cities of Derbe , Lystra , and Iconium - cities visited by Paul on his first journey (Acts 14; Gal. 1:2), with the purpose of strengthening their churches, at the beginning of the second preaching ...