Acts 14:25

“And when they had preached the word in Perga, etc.] A city in Pamphylia, (<441313>Acts 13:13). The Alexandrian copy, and others, and three manuscripts of Beza’s, read, “the word of the Lord”; as do the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions: they went down into “Attalia”; not Italia or Italy, as some Latin copies, and as the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read; but a city in Pamphylia, bordering on the sea, as Ptolomy writes f723; as this place did, as appears by what follows. So Jerom says f724, that Attalia is a city of Pamphylia, on the sea coast; it was formerly the metropolis of it: it is now in the hands of the Turks, and is called Sattalia; near it is a bay, called Golfo di…”

“when they had preached the word in Perga--now doing what, for some reason, they had not done on their former visit, but probably with no visible fruit. they went down into Attaila--a seaport on the Gulf of Pamphylia, drawing to itself the commerce of Egypt and Syria.”

“In Perga - See the notes on Acts 13:13. They went down into Attalia - “Attalia had something of the same relation to Perga which Cadiz has to Seville. In each case the latter city is approached by a river voyage, and the former is more conveniently placed on the open sea. Attalus Philadelphus, king of Pergamus, whose dominions extended from the northwestern corner of Asia Miner to the Sea of Pamphylia, had built this city in a convenient position for commanding the trade of Syria or Egypt. When Alexander the Great passed this way, no such city was in existence; but since the days of the kings of Pergamus, who inherited a fragment of his vast empire, Attalia has always existed and flourished,…”

“Perga and Attalia were cities of Pamphylia. Acts 14:26”

“Perga: Perga was a considerable city of Pamphylia, towards the sea coast, and near the Caystrus, famous for the temple of Diana. Attalia: Attalia, now Antalia, or Satalie, was a maritime city of Pamphylia, the chief residence of the prefect. Act 14:25 Acts 14:26”