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Crete Scripture - Acts 27:13

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained [their] purpose, loosing [thence], they sailed close by Crete....

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Cyprus Scripture - Acts 11:19

Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only....

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Cyrene in Naves Topical Bible

A city in Libya Ac 2:10 -Contained a synagogue Ac 6:9 -Simon and Lucius belonged to Mr 15:21; Ac 11:20; 13:1...

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Cyrene Scripture - Matthew 27:32

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross....

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Damascus Scripture - 1 Kings 20:34

And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away....

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Damascus Scripture - Ezekiel 48:1

Now these [are] the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east [and] west; a [portion for] Dan....

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Corinth Scripture - Acts 19:1

And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,...

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Crete in Easton's Bible Dictionary

now called Candia, one of the largest islands in the Meditterranean, about 140 miles long and 35 broad. It was at one time a very prosperous and populous island, having a "hundred cities." The character of the people is described in Paul's quotation from "one of their own poets" (Epimenides) in his epistle to Titus: "The Cretans are alway ...

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Cyprus Scripture - Acts 4:36

And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, [and] of the country of Cyprus,...

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Cyprus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

si'-prus (Kupros): 1. Name: An island situated near the Northeast corner of the Levant, in an angle formed by the coasts of Cilicia and Syria. In the Old Testament it is called Kittim, after the name of its Phoenician capital Kition. The identification is expressly made by Josephus (Ant., I, vi, 1) and by the Cyprian bishop Epiphanius (Haer., ...

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