others think, a corrupt Greek intermingled with Syriac words. Paul
preached in this region, and revisited it (Acts 16:1-6; 18:23; 19:1).
- LYCIA a wolf, a province in the south-west of Asia Minor, opposite the
island of Rhodes. It forms part of the region now called Tekeh. It was a
province of the Roman empire when visited by Paul (Acts 21:1; 27:5).
Two of its towns are mentioned, Patara (21:1, 2) and Myra (27:5). - LYDDA a town in the tribe of Ephraim, mentioned only in the New
Testament (Acts 9:32, 35, 38) as the scene of Peter’s miracle in healing the
paralytic AEneas. It lay about 9 miles east of Joppa, on the road from the
sea-port to Jerusalem. In the Old Testament (1 Chronicles 8:12) it is called
Lod. It was burned by the Romans, but was afterwards rebuilt, and was
known by the name of Diospolis. Its modern name is Ludd. The so-called
patron saint of England, St. George, is said to have been born here. - LYDIA (1.) Ezekiel 30:5 (Hebrews Lud), a province in the west of Asia
Minor, which derived its name from the fourth son of Shem (Genesis
10:22). It was bounded on the east by the greater Phrygia, and on the west
by Ionia and the AEgean Sea.
(2.) A woman of Thyatira, a “seller of purple,” who dwelt in Philippi
(Acts 16:14, 15). She was not a Jewess but a proselyte. The Lord opened
her heart as she heard the gospel from the lips of Paul (16:13). She thus
became the first in Europe who embraced Christianity. She was a person
apparently of considerable wealth, for she could afford to give a home to
Paul and his companions. (See THYATIRA.)
- LYSANIAS tetrarch of Abilene (Luke 3:1), on the eastern slope of
Anti-Lebanon, near the city of Damascus. - LYSIAS, CLAUDIUS the chief captain (chiliarch) who commanded the
Roman troops in Jerusalem, and sent Paul under guard to the procurator
Felix at Caesarea (Acts 21:31-38; 22:24-30). His letter to his superior
officer is an interesting specimen of Roman military correspondence
(23:26-30). He obtained his Roman citizenship by purchase, and was
therefore probably a Greek. (See CLAUDIUS.) - LYSTRA a town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among
a rude population. Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been driven
by persecution from Iconium (Acts 14:2-7). Here also he healed a lame
man (8), and thus so impressed the ignorant and superstitious people that