Paul Mission

APOSTLE PAUL: THE ARCHITECT AND BUILDER OF THE CHURCH
M. M. NINAN
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An inscription on a stone at the site of Lystra (again, note the word "Lustra," in the fourth line)
was a key to determining the location of the city.
Lystra is mentioned seven times in the NT. It was a Gentile and largely Latin speaking colony,
using a dialect that was beyond the comprehension of Paul and Barnabas. The Book of Acts
reports that Paul and Barnabas “fled to Lyaconia,” to the cities of Derbe and Lystra, Iconium,
Sadettin, and Kervansaray.