Acts 21:7
Ptolemais features as one port of call on Paul's so-called Third Missionary Journey, the return to Jerusalem from Achaia, carrying the collected gift of money for the Jerusalem church.
They came to Ptolemais from Tyre and would eventually continue to Caesarea Maratima. We do not read elsewhere in Scripture of the establishment of a community of believers at Ptolemais, but a church existed because Paul, and those with him, "greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day." (Acts 21:7 NIV) Nothing more is said of Paul's ministry in Ptolemais.
The ancient port of Ptolemais is in northern Israel. I have not yet been able to visit Ptolemais and I am unaware of any Roman period remains.
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The location details at left are extremely general. The modern port of Acre is the location of the Ptolemais of the Acts 21:7.
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