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Mitylene

Paul's ship put in for a night at Mitylene, the chief city of Lesbos, as he hurried to reach Jerusalem before Pentecost. The classical world knew it as the home of the poets Sappho and Alcaeus.

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Paul's ship put in for a night at Mitylene, the chief city of Lesbos, as he hurried to reach Jerusalem before Pentecost. The classical world knew it as the home of the poets Sappho and Alcaeus.

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Mitylene was the chief city of the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, famous in the classical world as the home of the poets Sappho and Alcaeus. Paul's ship anchored there for a night during his third missionary journey as he hurried toward Jerusalem before Pentecost (Acts 20:14-16).

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  • Acts 20:14

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