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Timothy's hometown — where Paul was stoned and left for dead
Asia MinorHistorically Verified
Identified by an inscription found in 1885 near modern Hatunsaray, Turkey. Paul visited here on his missionary journeys.
A city in the region of Galatia (central Turkey). Paul visited on his first missionary journey and was first worshipped as a god, then stoned and left for dead. Despite this, he returned and found Timothy here — a young believer who became his closest protege.
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Stoned, Left for Dead, Got Up Anyway
Lystra is the next city Paul and Barnabas flee to after the Iconium plot — and it will become the scene of both an extraordinary healing and a brutal stoning.
Acts
The Jailbreak That Changed Everything
Lystra is Timothy's hometown — the place where Paul finds and recruits him, the same city where Paul had previously been stoned and left for dead on an earlier journey.
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