Bible Dictionary
Mysia
Mysia was a region in northwestern Asia Minor. During his missionary journeys, Paul passed through it and traveled onward to Troas, where he received the vision calling him toward Macedonia.
Definition
Mysia was a region in northwestern Asia Minor and an important part of the Roman province of Asia. Its boundaries were imprecise, extending toward the Sea of Marmora, Bithynia, Phrygia, Lydia, and the Hellespont.
Biblical Usage
Paul passed through Mysia during his first journey toward Europe and continued to Troas, its coastal port, without stopping to preach there.
Historical Background
Important cities associated with the region included Assos, Troas, and Adramyttium. After Mysia became part of the Roman province of Asia, its old name fell into disuse and the region was generally called Hellespontus.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A province in the north-west of Asia Minor. On his first voyage to Europe (Acts 16:7, 8) Paul passed through this province and embarked at its chief port Troas.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(land of beech trees) (Acts 16:7,8) was the region about the frontier of the provinces of Asia and Bithynia. The term is evidently used in an ethnological, not a political, sense.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>mish'-i-a (Musia): A country in the northwestern part of Asia Minor, which formed an important part of the Roman province of Asia. Though its boundaries were always vague, it may be said to have extended on the North to the Sea of Marmora on the East to Bithynia and Phrygia, on the South to Lydia, and on the West to Hellespont. According to some authors it included the Troad. Its history is chiefly that of important cities, of which Assos, Troas, and Adramyttium on the border of Lydia, are mentioned in the New Testament. When Mysia became a part of the Roman province of Asia in 190 BC, its old name fell into disuse, and it was then generally known as the Hellespontus. According to Ac 16:7,8, Paul passed through the country, but without stopping to preach, until he reached Troas on the coast, yet tradition says that he founded churches at Poketos and Cyzicus. Onesiphorus, who was martyred some time between 109 and 114 AD, during the proconsulate of Adrian, is supposed to have evangelized this part of Asia. See The Expository Times, IX, 495 f.</p><p>E. J. Banks</p>