Alexandria Troas

Alexandria Troas, Assos and Troy are all on the Northern Aegean coast of Turkey between Çannakale and Izmir. See map.

It was a major sea port in NW Asia Minor and the port to cross over to Neapolis in Macedonia for the land route to Rome. Mentioned six times in the bible it is the place, on his second missionary journey, where Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." Acts 16.9, which was the first time that Paul preached the gospel in Europe (Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens). It is also the start of the 'we' section in Acts 16:10 so it is likely that Luke joined Paul at Alexandria Troas. It is also known as the place where Eutychus fell down from the third storey as the apostle Paul preached on and on until midnight (Acts 20:6 - 10) this was during Paul's third missionary journey. See also the other biblical references to Troas in 2 Cor 2:12 and 2 Tim 4:13.

Assos (Behramkale )

After visiting Alexandria Troas Paul visited Assos by foot (Acts 20:13). Aristotle, Plato's most famous student, was invited to Assos and spent over three years living and teaching here. The acropolis of Assos is 238 meters above sea-level, and the Temple of Athena was constructed on this site in the 6th century B.C. Below lies a tiny and idyllic ancient harbour. Assos has gained the reputation of being the center of the Turkish art community with its lively, friendly and bohemian atmosphere. In 1989 it was very peaceful.

(Acts 20:13-15 NIV) We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. {14} When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. {15} The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Kios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.

Chios

Paul joined the ship at Assos and sailed on to Mitylene and from there to Kios (Chios) see Acts 20:14-15. From there they sailed to Miletus where he sent for the elders of the church in Ephesus to say farewell to them (Acts 20:17-38). Chios is a small Greek island a short ferry ride from the Turkish city of Çesme (70 km from Izmir), you will notice a drastic improvement in the architecture when you arrive in Chios.

Troy

Not much to see at Troy (Truva)

Like a Lamb to the slaughter

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