Smyrna in Easton's Bible Dictionary
myrrh, an ancient city of Ionia, on the western coast of Asia
Minor, about 40 miles to the north of Ephesus. It is
now the
chief city of Anatolia, having a mixed population of
about
200,000, of whom about one-third are professed
Christians. The
church founded here was one of the seven addressed by
our Lord
(Rev. 2:8-11). The celebrated Polycarp, a pupil of the
apostle
John, was in the second century a prominent leader in
the church
of Smyrna. Here he suffered martyrdom, A.D. 155.
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