Acts 2:10

2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, ¹  and visitors from Rome, ² 

Acts 13:13

Paul and Barnabas at Pisidian Antioch

13:13 Then Paul and his companions put out to sea ³  from Paphos ⁴  and came to Perga ⁵  in Pamphylia, ⁶  but John ⁷  left them and returned to Jerusalem. ⁸ 

Acts 15:38

15:38 but Paul insisted ⁹  that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia ¹⁰  and had not accompanied them in the work.

¹ tn According to BDAG 595 s.v. Λιβύη, the western part of Libya, Libya Cyrenaica, is referred to here (see also Josephus, Ant. 16.6.1 [16.160] for a similar phrase).

² map For location see JP4-A1.

³ tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”

⁴ sn Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. See Acts 13:6.

⁵ sn Perga was a city in Pamphylia near the southern coast of Asia Minor. The journey from Paphos to Perga is about 105 mi (175 km).

⁶ sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor.

⁷ sn That is, John Mark.

⁸ sn Returned to Jerusalem. John Mark had originally accompanied them from Jerusalem (see Acts 12:25). John Mark’s decision to leave became an issue later for Barnabas and Paul (Acts 15:36-39).

⁹ tn BDAG 94 s.v. ἀξιόω 2.a has “he insisted (impf.) that they should not take him along” for this phrase.

¹⁰ sn Pamphylia was a province in the southern part of Asia Minor. See Acts 13:13, where it was mentioned previously.