Perga

Perga was the capital of Pamphylia, on the coast of Asia Minor. Paul and

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his companions landed at this place from Cyprus on their first

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missionary journey (Acts 13:13, 14), and here Mark the Evangelist forsook the

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party and returned to Jerusalem. Some time afterwards Paul and

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Barnabas again visited this city and "preached the word"

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(14:25). It stood on the banks of the river Cestrus, some 7

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miles from its mouth, and was a place of some commercial

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importance. It is now a ruin, called Eski Kalessi.

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Pamphylia: Pamphylia, in ancient geography, was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus. It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line of only about 75 miles with a breadth of ab...

Asia: Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia and world's largest continent. Defined by subtracting Europe from Eurasia, Asia is either regarded as a landmass of its own or as part of Eurasia....

Paul: Paul is a popular male first name, from the Greek Paulos. It appears to have been invented by Paul of Tarsus of the Bible. In Latin, Paulus was a family surname, never a first name. The Latin word paulus, related to the Greek pauros, means small. The Greek word saulos, which was the common translite...