Phoenicia · Port
Sidon
Identified site. Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Ancient name
- Sidon
- Modern location
- Sidon (Saida) · Lebanon
- Region
- Phoenicia
- Location
- Identified site
Editorial summary
A Phoenician port. On the voyage to Rome the centurion Julius let Paul visit his friends here. The Gospels also mention Jesus in the region of Tyre and Sidon.
What happened here
1Visiting friends at Sidon
At Sidon, Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to be cared for.
People here
2On these journeys
Scripture
Nearby in the atlas
Location certainty
Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Coordinates
- 33.5610° N, 35.3719° E