Mediterranean island · New Testament · 8 verses
A large island in the eastern Mediterranean, the home of Barnabas. The name appears in Acts in the King James text.
About Cyprus
A large island in the eastern Mediterranean, the home of Barnabas.
Its place in the story
Cyprus was the first destination of the first missionary journey, where Paul and Barnabas preached from Salamis to Paphos. Barnabas later returned there with John Mark.
Cyprus in Scripture (KJV)
“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,”
“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.”
“Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.”
“There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.”
A large island in the eastern Mediterranean, the home of Barnabas. The name appears in Acts in the King James text.
What happened at Cyprus?
Cyprus was the first destination of the first missionary journey, where Paul and Barnabas preached from Salamis to Paphos. Barnabas later returned there with John Mark.