* I bear.
Ro 10:2 2Co 8:3
* Laodicea.
Laodicea and Hierapolis were both cities of Phrygia in Asia
Minor, between which, and equidistant from each, was situated
Colosse. Laodicea was seated near the Lycus, about 63; miles
east of Ephesus; and became one of the largest and richest
towns in Phrygia, vying in power with the maritime cities. It
is now called Eski-hissar, the old castle; and besides the
whole surface within the city's wall being strewed with
pedestals and fragments, the ruins of an amphitheatre, a
magnificent odeum, and other public buildings, attest its
former splendour and magnificence. But, when visited by Dr.
Chandler, all was silence and solitude; and a fox, first
discovered by his ears peeping over a brow, was the only
inhabitant of Laodicea. Hierapolis, now Pambouk-Kaiesi, was
situated, according to the Itinerary, six miles N. of
Laodicea; and its ruins are now about a mile and a half in
circumference.
15,16 2:1 Re 1:11 3:14-18
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