Lystra

Who is recorded here

• Saint Timothy birth · AD 17
• Paul the Apostle ministry · AD 48
• Paul the Apostle travel · AD 49
• Paul the Apostle residence

What happened here

• Timothy joins Paul at Lystra AD 50

In art

• The Sacrifice at Lystra — Raphael (1515)
• The Sacrifice at Lystra — Hans Vredeman de Vries (1567)
• Sts Paul and Barnabas in Lystra — Jacob Jordaens (1616)
• Paul and Barnabas at Lystra — Pieter Lastman (1617)
• File:Michel Corneille l'Ancien - Saint Paul et saint Barnabé refusant les honneurs divins à Lystre Esquisse pour le ''may'' de Notre-Dame de 1644 - P2511 - Musée Carnavalet - 2.jpg — Michel Corneille the Elder (1644)

About the place

Lystra was a city in central Anatolia, now part of present-day Turkey. It is mentioned six times in the New Testament. Lystra was visited several times by Paul the Apostle, along with Barnabas or Silas. There Paul met a young disciple, Timothy.

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