Chios
Chios (Biblical Place • 38.445°N, 26.063°E): now Chios . Referenced in Acts 20:15 . It is closely linked with Acts 20 ( Acts • Chapter 20 (38 verses)): And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia . And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece , And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wai... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Macedonia , Greece , Syria , Asia , Berea .
Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage
Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 ) Abram/Abraham (Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah ): ( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world. (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 , Genesis 17 ) Eber (or Heber ) (Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah ): ( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ). (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 ) Peleg (Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)): ( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg . (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , 1 Chronicles 1 )
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Chios (now Chios . Referenced in Acts 20:15 .) Cauda (island; now Gavdos; http://www.creteisland.gr/english/chania/selino/gavdos/. Referenced in Acts 27:16 .) Samos (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 20:15 .) Cos (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 21:1 .)
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 20:15 : "And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios ; and the next day we arrived at Samos , and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus ."; Acts 27:13 : "And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete ."; Acts 27:12 : "And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an h...". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 20 ( Acts • Chapter 20 (38 verses)), Acts 21 ( Acts • Chapter 21 (40 verses)).