Lystra

E183272

ancient city biblical city

Lystra was an ancient city in the Roman province of Galatia, known from the New Testament as a place visited by the Apostle Paul and the hometown of his companion Timothy.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Lystra canonical	9

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ biblical city ⓘ
associatedFigure	Eunice ⓘ Lois ⓘ Timothy ⓘ
associatedWith	Timothy ⓘ
culturalContext	Greco-Roman culture ⓘ local Anatolian traditions ⓘ
describedAs	hometown of Timothy ⓘ
event	Paul and Barnabas mistaken for gods ⓘ attempted sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas ⓘ healing of a lame man by Paul ⓘ stoning of Paul ⓘ
governedUnder	Roman Empire ⓘ
hasStatus	ruined city ⓘ
hasType	settlement ⓘ
historicalEra	Roman period ⓘ
knownFor	origin of Timothy ⓘ persecution of Paul ⓘ visit of Paul and Barnabas ⓘ
languageContext	Greek ⓘ local Lycaonian language ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia Minor ⓘ Roman province of Galatia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear	Derbe ⓘ Iconium ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
missionaryActivityBy	Barnabas ⓘ Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
partOf	Roman province of Galatia ⓘ
politicalStatus	Roman city ⓘ
region	Lycaonia ⓘ
religionContext	early Christianity ⓘ
religiousSignificance	important site in Pauline missions ⓘ
roleInChristianity	place where a Christian community was founded ⓘ site of early Christian mission ⓘ
scripturalReference	Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ surface form: 2 Timothy 3:11 Acts of the Apostles ⓘ surface form: Acts 14 Acts of the Apostles ⓘ surface form: Acts 16
timePeriod	1st century AD ⓘ
travelRouteOf	Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey ⓘ surface form: Paul’s first missionary journey Paul’s second missionary journey ⓘ
visitedBy	Barnabas ⓘ Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Timothy → associatedWith → Lystra ⓘ

Saint Timothy → placeOfBirth → Lystra ⓘ

Timothy → fromCity → Lystra ⓘ

Barnabas the Apostle → traveledTo → Lystra ⓘ

Lycaonia → majorCity → Lystra ⓘ

Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey → routeStop → Lystra ⓘ

Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey → oppositionEncounteredAt → Lystra ⓘ

Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey → miraclePerformedAt → Lystra ⓘ

Lycaonians → urbanCenter → Lystra ⓘ