This page contains information about places mentioned in the book of Acts. The places described on this page are listed above.

Laodicea

• Pronounced Lay-oh-diss-ee'-uh
• A town in Asia west of Ephesus.
• Location of one of "the seven churches of Asia" (Rev 1:4,11).

Lasea

• Pronounced Lass-ee'-uh
• A town on the sheltered southern shores of Crete.
• Mentioned in connection with Paul’s journey to Rome.(Acts 27:7-8).
• Mentioned in

Libya

• Pronounced Lib'-ee-yuh
• Part of Africa that falls south of Crete.
• People from parts of Libya around Cyrene were in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost after Christ’s resurrection (Acts 2:9-11).

Lycaonia

• Pronounced Lie-cone'-ee-yuh
• Region around Iconium, Lystra and Derbe, below Pisidia.
• Mentioned in connection with Paul’s 1st missionary journey (Acts 14:6).

Lycia

• Pronounced Liss'-ee-yuh
• A region south of Ephesus, similar in size to, and southwest of, Pamphylia.
• Mentioned in connection with Paul’s journey to Rome.
• Myra and Patara were two cities in Lycia (Acts 27:5).

Lydda

• Pronounced Lid'-uh
• Also called Lod.
• City on the highway between Jerusalem and Joppa, about 16km from Joppa.
• At Lydda Peter healed Aeneas of his disease (Acts 9:32-38).

Lystra

• Pronounced List'-ruh
• A Lycaonian town between Iconium and Derbe.
• Mentioned in connection with Paul’s 1st missionary journey.
• There Paul healed a man lame from birth, and as a result Paul and Barnabas were almost made gods (Acts 14:8-18).
• Paul and Barnabas revisited Lystra (Acts 14:21).
• Timothy lived there (Acts 16:1-4).
• Paul met with persecution at Lystra (2Tm 3:11).

Macedonia

• Pronounced Mass-uh-doan'-ee-uh (some pronounce the first syllable as Mack-)
• Region north of Achaia or Greece.
• Philippi and Thessalonica were principle cities.
• Mentioned in connection with Paul’s 2nd and 3rd missionary journeys.
• Paul was called by a vision to preach there (Acts 16:9-12).
• Paul did much preaching there (Acts 20:1,3, 1Co 16:5, 2Co 2:13, 7:5).
• The Christians in Macedonia helped each other and sent aid to Christians elsewhere (Rom 15:26, 2Co 8:1-4, 2Co 11:9, 1Th 4:9-10).
• The region was evangelised from Thessalonica (1Th 1:8).

Media

• Media, Parthia, and Elam are regions east of Cappadocia and Mesopotamia.
• Medes, Elamites, and Parthians were in in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost after Christ’s resurrection (Acts 2:9-11).

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