Antalya / Attalia


The port of Perga and chief port of Pamphylia. After an absence of about 18 months, Paul and Barnabas sailed from Attalia to Antioch of Syria, where they reported their missionary labors to the Church (possibly in the fall of A.D. 47 or 48). This “furnished the first example of a missionary meeting. It was a meeting of the whole Church, not of a few enthusiasts” :