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Perga

Perga, in Pamphylia, a stop on Paul's first missionary journey, on the map, with its verses.

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In the text

Perga

In Pamphylia, in the Bible's day. Shown at 36.96° N, 30.85° E.

  • Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

    Acts 13:13
  • And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia:

    Acts 14:25

On this journey

Stops 5 and 13 of 15 · Acts 13 to 14Paul's first missionary journey

Questions

Where is Perga?

Perga was in Pamphylia, in the Bible's day. The atlas shows it at 36.96° N, 30.85° E.

What happened at Perga in the Bible?

The KJV names Perga in Acts 13:13 and Acts 14:25. "Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem." (Acts 13:13). It is a stop on Paul's first missionary journey.

Which of Paul's journeys went through Perga?

Perga is on Paul's first missionary journey (stop 5 and 13 of 15).

Also on this journey

Coastlines, lakes and rivers from Natural Earth (public domain). Place locations from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Coastlines are today’s. Routes join the places the text names in order, so the lines between them are approximate. Verse text is the King James Version.